RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84690)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84690)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Πατήρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bust of Caracalla, right, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front; below, crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥ ΑΔΡ ΜΗ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) μη(τροπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of the Antonine, Severan, Hadrianic, metropolis Tarsus, the first, greatest, most beautiful, of the three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Caracalla standing facing, head left, in facing quadriga, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.99 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1893,0604.82 BMC 191
    P: 1279 SNG 1529
    B: 18223224, I-B
    CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 269
    CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 519 = Elsen 114, 15 Sept. 2012, lot 434
    CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1188 = SNG Levante 1062