RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74124)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74124)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Julia Domna (Augusta)
Issue Year ZKΦ = 527
Dating AD 215/16
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ΑΥΓ(ΟΥ)
Edition Ἰουλία Δομνᾶ Αὐγού(στα)
Translation Julia Domna Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Domna, right
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙ ΖΚΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων Κολωνί(ας) ζκφʹ
Translation of the colony of the Emesans, 527
Reverse design altar of the temple of El-Gabal at Emesa, dressed on two steps podium, ornamented with a cornice and two rows of three niches placed between two pilasters; each niche contains a statue; small burning altar above; date (sometimes retrograde) in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.23 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 11; SNG Glasgow 3160
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1895,0508.297 BMC 11
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1528
    ✸ G SNG 3160
    C. Rhodes coll.
    CNG EA 243, 27 Oct. 2010, lot 269
    CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 497
    CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 305
    CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 292
    CNG EA 496, 21 July 2021, lot 317 = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 248
    Müller 56, 25 Sept. 1987, lot 252
    Roma Numismatics EA 104, 15 Dec. 2022, lot 694
    Schulten, 23 Oct. 1988, lot 825 = Oldenburg 22, 23 Mar. 1988, lot 46