RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84777)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84777)
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, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, ΑΔΡ ΜΗΤ Δ ΕΞ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Ταρσοῦ Ἁδριανῆς μητροπόλεως δωρεαῖς ἐξαιρεταῖς αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀντωνιανῆς Ταρσοῦ Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) μητ(ροπόλεως) δ(ωρεαῖς) ἐξ(αιρεταῖς) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Antonian Tarsus, Hadrianic metropolis, (honoured) with extraordinary gifts, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design nymphaeum with central arch and niche on each containing fountain; above each niche, quadriga of horses led outward by figure; above the central arch, facing quadriga of elephants and statue of Scylla, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.93 g
Axis 2, 6, 7
Specimens 17 (2 in the core collections)
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