RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 79112)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 79112)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Dating AD 215/17
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟϹ Δ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δʹ δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ{σ} δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the fourth time
Reverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right, set on eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 11
Reference Bellinger 218; Prieur 1203
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The attribution of this unique coin to Damascus needs to be confirmed; see J. Nurpetlian, "Damascene Tetradrachms of Caracalla", AJN 26, 2014, 188-189 (fig. 1).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: Y-19913 Prieur 1203 = Nurpetlian, Damascene Tetradrachms, 188, fig. 1
— —     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 3024