RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84774)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84774)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 ϹΕΥ ΑΔΡ ΜΗΤΡ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) 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 Caracalla as Triptolemus, laureate, standing in biga drawn by two winged serpents, left, holding grains and raising left arm; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.40 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

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    Nomos Obolos EA 7, 9 July 2017, lot 380
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