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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/74983 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |