RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84686)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84686)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατήρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bust of Caracalla, right, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(ΟΛΕΩϹ), Α Μ Κ, Γ Β, ΚΥΔΝΟϹ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Κυδνός Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ Κυδνός
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), Cydnus
Reverse design river god (Cydnus) reclining left, holding cornucopia and resting on vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Axis 2, 6, 7
Specimens 20 (5 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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