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Æ15 - Caracalla COL MET ANTONINIANA AV ALEX

Features

Issuer Edessa (Mesopotamia)
Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 213-217
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.20 g
Diameter 15 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
580214
References RPC Online V.3# 85596
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

Laureate head of Caracalla, right; wreath in right field

Script: Latin

Lettering: M AVR ANTONINVS P F AVG

Unabridged legend: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus

Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pious and Fortunate Augustus

Reverse

Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: COL MET ANTONINIANA AV ALEX

Unabridged legend: colonia metropolis Antoniniana Aurelia Alexandria

Translation: the colony metropolis Antoniniana Aurelia Alexandria

Mint

Edessa, Mesopotamia, modern-day Urfa, Turkey

Comments

Dandrow type 5; BMC Carrhae 34

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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Picture 1 of the example of Æ15 - Caracalla (COL MET ANTONINIANA AV ALEX) Picture 2 of the example of Æ15 - Caracalla (COL MET ANTONINIANA AV ALEX)
© British Museum
15.1 mm2.23 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ15 - Caracalla (COL MET ANTONINIANA AV ALEX) Picture 2 of the example of Æ15 - Caracalla (COL MET ANTONINIANA AV ALEX)
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, AA.GR.5155
15 mm2.16 g 1h (see more)
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