RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87756)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87756)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Group A
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝ[ΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ]Β
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 [ΔΗΜΑΡ]Χ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Π Π, Α
Edition Δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος Πατὴρ Πατρίδος αʹ Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος) αʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fifth time, father of the fatherland, first
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 13.44 g
Reference Bellinger —, Prieur 986 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note A below eagle's head. Considered by Prieur and Nurpetian as an H

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: Chandon 1906