RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87729)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87729)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Group crescent
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
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, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak; between eagle's legs, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Shamash, left
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.61 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Bellinger —, Prieur 1011
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note crescent above eagle's head

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    Bernier coll.
    ✸ CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 288 (ex Superior Galleries "Moreira Sale", 31 May 1988, lot 1979)