RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74962)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74962)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΑΝΤωΝ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Ἀντων(εῖνος)
Translation Emperor Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right, set on eagle flying right
Reverse inscription III Ϲ
Reverse design Sagittarius right, drawing bow; vexillum behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.19 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 2; Castelin 5
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note obv. Ν retrograde; rev. C retrograde . See https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/79346 = Elagabalus?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1840,0217.269 BMC 2
    ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 428
    Roma Numismatics EA 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1187