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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69164 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | V.3 |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 69164) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Tripolis |
Reign | Caracalla |
Person (obv.) | Caracalla (Augustus) |
Issue | Year ΓΚΦ = 523 |
Dating | AD 211/12 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟΝ ϹΕΒΑ |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐ(ρήλιον) Ἀντωνῖνον Σεβα(στόν) |
Translation | for Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΔΙΟϹ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤω Γ ΓΚΦ |
Edition | Διὸς Ἁγίου Τριπολιτῶ(ν) Γ γκφʹ |
Translation | of Zeus Hagios, of the Tripolitans, G(?), 523 |
Reverse design | two temples facing; to left, temple with four columns of Zeus Hagios on podium with steps approaching central intercolumniation; within, between columns: in middle, lighted altar before door; on left, radiate figure of Sol standing left, right hand raised; on right, Luna, standing left, right hand raised, crescent on head; pellet in pediment; to right, temple with four columns on podium; in intercolumniations, tall doorways surmounted by latticework; in pediment, two reclining figures joining hands; Γ in field, above, sometimes; date in exergue |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 16.14 g |
Axis | 5, 6, 11, 12 |
Reference | BMC 79–82 |
Specimens | 20 (13 in the core collections) |