RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87494)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87494)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Τ Δ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δʹ δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τ(ὸ) δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the fourth time
Reverse design eagle standing facing, wings spread, head right, wreath in beak; between eagle's legs, idol holding a curved object flanked by two animals
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference Bellinger 255; Prieur 1219
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note None of the specimens catalogued as Prieur 1219 can be ascribed to Prieur 1219 with certainty, as they are all missing the last part of the reverse legend, even the specimen from M. Prieur coll. (CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 355). They might be Prieur 1220 as well.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ B Bellinger Pl. XVIII, 9