RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 80060)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 80060)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Dating 215–217
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, left, seen from front, holding sceptre over his right shoulder and shield on his left; cuirass decorated with gorgoneion; shield decorated with a horse jumping left over a male head with long flowing hair to left; in front of the head, small figure kneeling right, raising his hands in adoration
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ
Edition Δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δʹ Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fourth time
Reverse design eagle standing facing, wings spread, head right, wreath in beak; between legs, star and lion walking right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.95 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Bellinger 215; Prieur 1198 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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