RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 86940)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 86940)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Fourth consulship
Dating AD 215–17
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ
Edition Δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δʹ Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fourth time
Reverse design eagle standing facing, wings spread, head right, wreath in beak, star of eight rays above crescent between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.49 g
Axis 1, 7, 11
Reference Prieur 236, McAlee 689
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1944.100.65945
    NY: 1944.100.65946
    CNG EA 453, Prieur coll., 2 Oct. 2019, lot 276 = Numismatic Fine Arts 24 MBS, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2144
    Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 609
    ✸ Rauch EA 26, 15 Mar. 2018, lot 221