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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1916,0805.1 BMC 3 = Castelin 1
— —     P: 1965.801
— —     P: Chandon de Briailles 1218
— —     P: Chandon de Briailles 1217
— —     P: 1966.463
— —     B Castelin 2
— —     B Castelin 4
— —     V Castelin 3
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— —    
— —     Agora Auctions Numismatic 30, 14 Apr. 2015, lot 101
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Künker 417 eLive, 31 Oct. 2024, lot 3615
— —     Lindgren & Kovacs 2606
— —     Priv. coll.
— —     Priv. coll.
— —     Priv. coll.
— —     ✸ Roma Numismatics, Sept. 2010
— —     Savoca 12 Blue, 17 Nov. 2018, lot 1144
— —     Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 1216 = Savoca 18 Blue, 30 Mar. 2019, lot 1158
— —     Savoca 91st Silver Auction, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 541
— —     Savoca 95th Silver Auction, 14 Feb. 2021, lot 470
— —     Savoca 95th Silver Auction, 14 Feb. 2021, lot 471
— —     Trade (Marc Breitsprecher, Vcoins, 2020)
— —     Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)
— —     Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)