RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84771)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84771)
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 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 32 mm
Average weight 16.79 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    B: 18223228, Löbb.
    Biga Numismatics EA 20, 10 June 2023, lot 423
    Biga Numismatics EA 33, 14 Sept. 2024, lot 725
    ✸ Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 778
    Roma EA 93, 6 Jan. 2022, lot 766
    Savoca 27th Silver, 25 Nov. 2018, lot 445
    Savoca 3rd Blue, 25 Nov. 2017, lot 616