RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87390)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87390)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue AD 208–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Γ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ γʹ δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ γʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the third time
Reverse design eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left, wreath in beak; between legs, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.07 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Bellinger 54; McAlee 28; Amandry & Prieur 37; Prieur 1152
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Bellinger 54, illustrating a coin in B, states that the eagle has no wreath, but the wreath seems part of the legend, between X and Ɛ.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    NY: 0000.999.26823
    NY: 1944.100.66405
    CNG EA 529, 14 Dec. 2022, lot 508
    CNG Triton XVII Sessions 1 & 2, 7 Jan. 2014, lot 754 (ex Gorny & Mosch, 9 Oct. 2006, lot 314)
    CNG Triton XXII, Prieur coll., 8 Jan. 2019, lot 671 (ex Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 790) = CNG 112, 11 Sept. 2019, lot 431
    Künker 226, 11 Mar. 2013, lot 881
    ✸ Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 764 (ex Bank Leu 33, 3 May 1983, lot 93)