RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 94324)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 94324)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bust of Caracalla, left, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front; below, star
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Perseus standing left, head right, holding Medusa head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.48 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Ziegler 717 = Karbach coll.