RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74965)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74965)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΚΕϹΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝ
Edition Κέσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Κέσαρ Ἀντων(ῖνος)
Translation Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla or Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription III L(E), Ρ S
Edition III legio Parthica Severiana III le(gio) P(arthica) S(everiana)
Translation the third Parthian Severan legion
Reverse design legionary vexillum adorned with eight dot star; before, eagle facing, wings spread
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 4.25 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Castelin 9
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note rev. legend sometimes retrograde
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     Agora Spartan Sale 72, 29 Mar. 2016, lot 152
— —     Priv. coll.
— —     Savoca 13 Blue, 30 Nov. 2018, lot 1174 (P-S retrograde)
— —     Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 876
— —     Savoca 5 Blue, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 995 (P-S and CC - III retrograde)
— —     ✸ Sol Numismatik 11, 4 Mar. 2023, lot 224
— —     Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)