RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84696)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84696)
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 ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bust of Caracalla, left, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥ ΑΔΡ ΜΗ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) μη(τροπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of the Antonian Severan Hadrianic metropolis Tarsus, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design Caracalla standing facing, head left, in facing quadriga, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.07 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: 1313 SNG 1530 = Wa 4648
    V: GR 19240
    Ancient Numismatics Auctions (formerly Aquila Numismatics) 16, 24 Nov. 2024, lot 441
    Auctiones GmbH e #54, 18 Dec. 2016, lot 152
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 504, 17 Nov. 2021, lot 205