RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69693)

 

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Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69693)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Tyre as a colony (after 198). Second issue
Obverse inscription M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS [AVG]
Edition Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Antoninus Pius Aug(ustus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pious Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription SEP TVRVS METRO COLONI, LEG III GAL
Edition Septimia Tyrus metropolis colonia legio III Gallica Sep(timia) Tyrus metro(polis) coloni(a) leg(io) III Gal(lica)
Translation Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony, third Gallic legion
Reverse design emperor ploughing right with a team of yoked oxen; in background, vexillum inscribed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 26.01 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2321
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: Babelon 2195
— —     B: 18257513, Löbb.
— —     ✸ M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 330