RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 92718)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 92718)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Caesar)
Issue Year 6
Dating AD 197/8
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΠΟΛΛ(?)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Καῖσαρ Ἀπόλλων Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Καῖσ(αρ) Ἀπόλλ(ων)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, Apollon
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ϛ (?)
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Emperor standing left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.89 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the obverse legend, cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/83381. The laurel wreath implies that Caracalla had become Augustus.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ CNG 127, 17 Sept. 2024, lot 405 (reading AΠ ΩΛA) = Heritage 271933, 18 August 2019, lot 35067 (reading ΑΠΟΔΑ = ΑΠΟΔΑΥΤΟΚ= Imperator Destinatus)