RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84770)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84770)
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 [ΜΗΤ], ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Δ Ε Κ
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ δωρεαῖς ἐξαιρεταῖς κοινοβουλίῳ Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευη(ριανῆς) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) μητ(ροπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ δ(ωρεαῖς) ἐ(ξαιρεταῖς) κ(οινοβουλίῳ)
Translation of the Antonian, Severan, Hadrianic metropolis Tarsus, (honoured) with extraordinary gifts and with a common council
Reverse design Heracles standing left, wrestling against giant Antaeus right and lifting him off the ground; at right, club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.27 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1872,0709.261 BMC 184
    B: 18223227, Löbb.
    C: CM.LK.2591-R
    CNG EA 499, 1 Sept. 2021, lot 356 = Leu WA146, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 1044
    Savoca 30th Blue, 21 Mar. 2020, lot 1398