RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77966)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77966)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 21
Dating AD 212/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Π ΜΕ ΒΡΕ Μ ΕΥ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Παρθικὸς Μέγιστος Βρεττανικὸς Μέγιστος Εὐσεβὴς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀντωνῖνος Π(αρθικὸς) Μέ(γιστος) Βρε(ττανικὸς) Μ(έγιστος) Εὐ(σεβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus, Britannicus Maximus, Pious Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition ἔτους καʹ (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design Nilus, reclining right on Sphinx left, holding reed in right hand and cornucopiain left; below, a crocodile left; Euthenia standing facing, holding wreath in right hand crowning Nilus, and corn ears in left hand.
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.02 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 9774; Geissen 2287; Emmett 2844
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1973.56.1011
    Cologne Geissen 2287
    DS 9774
    Matthijs = Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 559
    ✸ Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 308 = DS Supl., pl. 25.1