RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 83710)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 83710)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, left, seen from front, holding spear over right shoulder with right hand, large shield over left shoulder, which is ornamented with an aegis
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Τ Δ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δʹ δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τ(ὸ) δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the fourth time
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull's horns
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.61 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Prieur —
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note double struck on rev.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    Bolaffi Spa 25, 5 June 2014, lot 285
    Naville Numismatics 24, 17 July 2016, lot 368 = Roma Numismatics EA 17, 25 Apr. 2015, lot 448
    Roma Numismatics EA 104, 15 Dec. 2022, lot 703
    ✸ Roma Numismatics XII, 29 Sept. 2016, lot 455