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AR26 - Caracalla ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ Κ, ΑΝΤΩ

Features

Issuer Caesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 217
Composition Silver
Weight 9.49 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
548618
References RPC Online V.3# 66575
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.3 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Lycia-Pamphylia to Egypt. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Radiate head (bearded) of Caracalla, right

Lettering: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Mount Argaeus, surmounted by standing figure

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ Κ, ΑΝΤΩ

Unabridged legend: Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους κʹ Ἀντωνίνου

Translation: of the metropolis Caesarea, year 20, of Antoninus

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

S 478a ('tridrachm'); Ganschow 609d-e

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