RPC — Type: 70038


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/70038 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	V.3
Number	— (unassigned; ID 70038)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Ptolemais
Reign	Caracalla
Person (obv.)	Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C AV ANTONINVS
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) Au(relius) Antoninus
Translation	Emperor Caesar Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design	laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription	COLONIA PTOLEMAIS
Edition	colonia Ptolemais
Translation	colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design	Perseus standing left, holding head of Medusa in right extended hand and harpa in left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	12.10 g
Axis	6, 7, 12
Reference	BMC 35–36; Meshorer, City Coins 6; Sofaer 172–173
Specimens	6 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
—	—	L: 1906,0712.145	BMC 35	24.5	13.48	7		Show
—	—	L: 1908,0110.1252	BMC 36	28	11.69	12		Show
—	—	IAA	Meshorer, City Coins 6	28	13.00			Show
—	— ✸	IMJ	Sofaer 172	28.2	12.34	6		Show
—	—	IMJ	Sofaer 173	29.8	10.90	12	(doublestruck)	Show
—	—		Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)	28	11.21			Show