RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84922)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84922)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bust of Caracalla, left, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front; below, star
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Edition μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ γʹ βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of the metropolis Tarsus, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design Athena advancing right, head left, holding Nike, spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.23 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.54566
— —     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 832 = Hirsch 267, 5 May 2010, lot 695 = Hirsch 254, Nov. 2009, lot 545 = Hirsch 261, May 2009, lot 750 = Hirsch 258, Sept. 2008, lot 258