RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87762)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87762)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Group without letter or symbol
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, with drapery on left shoulder
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 26 mm
Average weight 13.29 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Bellinger , Prieur 970
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    V: GR 21235
    ✸ CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 278 (ex Numismatica Ars Classica B, 25 Feb. 1992, lot 2032) (Prieur 970: this coin)
    Leu EA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 1118
    Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 734