RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84737)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84737)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) 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 laureate head of Caracalla, left, seen from rear; below, star
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΔΡ ΜΗΤΡ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνινιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀντωνινιανῆς Σευη(ριανῆς) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of the Antonine, Severan, Hadrianic metropolis of Tarsus, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Sandan standing right, on horned lion, quiver over shoulder, raising hand and holding crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.93 g
Axis 6
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1937,0904.1
    B: 18223213, 1899/931
    Cop SNG 367
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    ✸ CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 699 = SNG Levante 1054
    Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1645
    Rex Numismatics Rex Budget 6, 1 Mar. 2024, lot 532
    Savoca 117th Blue, 13 Nov. 2021, lot 720