RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69291)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69291)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΚΦ = 527
Dating AD 215/16
Obverse inscription ΜΑ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩ ΖΚΦ
Edition Τριπολιτῶ(ν) ζκφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 527
Reverse design the Dioscuri nude, resting on spears, stars above heads on left is cruciform, standing to either side of Astarte standing right, left foot on prow, right hand resting on vexillum(?); date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.10 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 95–96
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: HPB,p158.7.A BMC 95
    L: G.5140 BMC 96
    P: Babelon 1946
    CGT coll.