RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84687)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84687)
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπό(λεως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design lion, right, attacking bull kneeling, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.84 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1298 SNG 1538
— —     B: 18223249, Fox
— —     NY: 1944.100.54557
— —     V: GR 19237
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG EA 331, 23 July 2014, lot 165
— —     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021, lot 422 = SNG Levante 1060
— —     Roma EA 86, 8 July 2021, lot 731 = Solidus 53, 16 Feb. 2020, lot 259 = Leu WA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 870 = Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 831
— —     Ziegler 715 = Karbach coll.