RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87721)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87721)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Group O
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 head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ, Ο
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δʹ Ο δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ δʹ Ο
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fourth time, Ο
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak; between eagle's legs, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Shamash, left
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.65 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Bellinger 194, Prieur 1002 & 1023 corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note O in upper r. field. Prieur 1023 considered O as a double crescent (an inverted crescent over another crescent).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: 1989.341
— —     CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 285 (ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 802, July/August 1985, no. C230) (Prieur 1002: this coin)
— —     CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 291 (ex Giessener Münzhandlung 46, 30 Oct. 1989, lot 393) (Prieur 1023: this coin)
— —     Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 529