RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84731)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84731)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος 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; below, star
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗ, ΜΗΤ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, ΜΗΤ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνεινιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀντωνεινιανῆς Σευηρ(ιανῆς) Ἁδριανῆ(ς) μητ(ροπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ μητ(ροπόλεως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of the Antonine Severan Hadrianic metropolis of Tarsus, metropolis, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design elephant right, bearing two sacks
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.45 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    CGT coll. = Saint Paul Antiques 19, 30 Nov. 2019, lot 433
    CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 556 = Nomos 23, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 233
    ✸ The New York Sale 54, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 351 = Triton VII, 13 Jan. 2004, lot 802