RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69157)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69157)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΚΦ = 527
Dating AD 215/16
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΟΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ(Α)
Edition Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβα(στός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and radiate bust of Caracalla, right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΖΚΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶν ζκφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 527
Reverse design temple with four columns of Zeus Hagios, within lighted altar between figures of Sol, to left, and Luna, to right, standing facing; sometimes pellet in pediment and star on eather side; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.86 g
Axis 1, 4, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 83–86; SNG Cop. 288
Specimens 30 (21 in the core collections)
Note the form ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ also occurs

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1839,0919.605 BMC 83
    L: HPB,p158.8.A BMC 84
    L: HPB,Unc.52 BMC 85
    L: G.5139 BMC 86
    P: Babelon 1937
    P: Vogüé 388
    P: AA.GR.12916
    P: Luynes 3203
    P: Babelon 1942
    P: Babelon 1940
    P: Luynes 3204
    P: Chandon de Briailles 906
    P: Babelo 1941
    Mu: 57
    Mu: 58
    NY: 1955.149.10
    NY: 1944.100.72608
    NY: 1944.100.72614
    NY: 1944.100.72613
    O
    V: GR 22271
    CGT coll. (ex Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 240 = Naville 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 205)
    CNG EA 138, 26 Apr. 2006, lot 176
    CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 183 = Malter Galleries 81, 29 Sept. 2002, lot 451
    CNG EA 261, 3 Aug. 2011, lot 229
    CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 190
    CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 387 = CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 188
    Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1144
    Sol Numismatik XXIII, 13 Jan. 2024, lot 556
    ✸ Trade (Tom Vossen, Vcoins, 2020)