RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 83716)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 83716)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (retrograde)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
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 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, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull's head right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.62 g
Axis 11
Reference BMC 375; Bellinger 229; Prieur 1235
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1860,0327.116 Prieur 1235 = BMC 197.375
— —     Yale: 1938.6000.1008 Bellinger 229
— —     ✸ CNG Triton XXVII, 9 Jan. 2024, lot 496
— —     Leu WA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 2652