RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84844)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84844)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΑ (sic), Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατήρ Πατρίδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε<β>α(στὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΧΗ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ Α Μ Κ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ
Edition Τύχη Τάρσου αʹ μεγίστη καλλίστη μητρόπολις Τύχη Τάρσου αʹ μ(εγίστη) κ(αλλίστη) μητρόπ(ολις)
Translation Fortune of Tarsus, first, greatest, most beautiful, metropolis
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn, resting foot on swimming river god
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.11 g
Reference Prieur 792–3
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 1263 SNG 1496
    P: 1270 SNG 1497 = Wa 4639
    ✸ G. Hirsch 319, 2 May 2016, lot 580