RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84742)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84742)
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; below, star
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΔΡ ΜΗΤΡ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευη(ριανῆς) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of the Antonian, Severan, Hadrianic, metropolis Tarsus, the first, greatest, most beautiful, of the three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Heracles standing left, wrestling against giant Antaeus right and lifting him off the ground; at left, club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.65 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    B: 18223229, 1882/396
    ✸ Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 474