RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74983)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74983)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ(ΡΑΤ) ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝ(ΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτ(ωρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right, set on eagle flying right
Reverse inscription LEG III, Ρ S
Edition leg(io) III P(arthica) S(everiana)
Translation the third Parthian Severan legion
Reverse design legionary vexillum, sometimes adorned with eight dot star and letter
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.22 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 3; Castelin 1-4
Specimens 28 (8 in the core collections)
Note P S sometimes retrograde; Γ or Δ on vexillum sometimes

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