RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84763)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84763)
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 and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ[ ], ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Μ Κ Α, Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σεουηρ--- Ταρσοῦ μεγίστης καλλίστης αʹ γʹ βʹ Ἀντωνιανῆς Σεουηρ[---] Ταρσοῦ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) αʹ γʹ βʹ
Translation of Antonian Severan[---] Tarsus, greatest, most beautiful, first, 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 33 mm
Average weight 18.77 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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