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 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 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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