RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 81954)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 81954)
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Τ Δ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τ(ὸ) δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the fourth time
Reverse design eagle seen from front, with wings spread, head right, no tail; between legs, shrine with pediment
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.44 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Bellinger —; Prieur 849 and 849A
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note The coin illustrated by Prieur as 849, but lacking the end of the reverse legend, is from the same pair of dies as a specimens catalogued as 849A.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Boston: 1970.321 Gush Halav hoard
    cgb.fr Live September 2022, 6 Sept. 2022, lot 132 = Prieur 849A
    ✸ Künker 417 eLive, 31 Oct. 2024, lot 3629 = CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 389 = Sabine Bourgey/Fraysse & Associés, 26 Nov. 2009, part of lot 268
    Münzzentrum Rheinland 188, 20 Mar. 2019, lot 123 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 399