RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84743)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84743)
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 bust of Caracalla, right, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥ[ ], ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνεινιανῆς Σευ--- Ταρσοῦ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀντωνεινιανῆς Σευ[---] Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Antonine Severan[---] Tarsus, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by two winged serpents, right, raising right arm and holding grains
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 17.83 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L BMC 185
    ✸ Künker 168, 12 Mar. 2010, lot 7808