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 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, Η
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δʹ Η 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

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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)