RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84759)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84759)
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, right, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΔΡΙ ΜΗ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηρ(ιανῆς) Ἁδρι(ανῆς) μη(τροπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of the Antonian Severan Hadrianic metropolis Tarsus, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design Perseus standing right, holding harpa and statue of Apollo Lykeios (holding wolves), facing fisherman standing left, holding line with fish
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.67 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    B: 18223231, 1914/701
    CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1009 = D.H. Cox, A Tarsus Coin Collection in the Adana Museum, NNM 92, no. 189
    ✸ Roma EA 109, 11 May 2023, lot 852