RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69753)

 

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Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69753)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Tyre as a colony (after 198). First issue
Obverse inscription M AVR ANT IMP
Edition Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Imperator M(arcus) Aur(elius) Ant(oninus) Imp(erator)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SEP TVRVS METR COLONI
Edition Septimia Tyrus metropolis colonia Sep(timia) Tyrus metr(opolis) coloni(a)
Translation Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony
Reverse design Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing, head left, left foot on prow, right hand adorning trophy and holding sceptre in left, being crowned by Nike standing left on column at right; palm tree on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 26.17 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2312
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ B: 18257510, I-B Imhoof-Blumer, MG, 446.40
— —     Yale: 2001.87.2838