RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84741)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84741)
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 ϹΕΥΗ ΑΔΡ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνεινιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως α' μεγίστης καλλίστης γ' β' Ἀντωνεινιανῆς Σευη(ριανῆς) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Ταρσοῦ μητ(ροπόλεως) α' μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γ' β'
Translation of Antonine Severan Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis, the first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design elephant right, bearing sack, two palms (or ears of corn?) and cilicarch crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.08 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1925,1001.10 Tarsus hoard 248
    C McClean 9116
    ✸ G. Hirsch 281, 2 May 2012, lot 924
    Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 516