RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87759)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87759)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Group with tho pellets
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, Η
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ δʹ Η
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the fourth time, E
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 13.91 g
Axis 11
Reference Bellinger 197, Prieur 1022
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note pellet l. and r. of eagle's head
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: Y 19566 Bellinger Pl. XIV, 16 (rev.)
— —     ✸ CNG EA 447, Prieur. coll., 3 July 2019, lot 290 (ex Van Hoof, "Zur syrischen Tetradrachmenprägung der römischen Kaiserzeit. Ein neuer Schatzfund," JNG XXXVI, 1986, pp. 107-126, no. 119: this coin) (Prieur 1022: this coin)