Æ27 - Caracalla ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Hierapolis Bambyce
(Syria)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 198-217 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 14.16 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 522316 |
| References | RPC Online V.3# 68967 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, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Lettering: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡΚΟϹ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤ ΟϹ ϹΕ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντ---ος Σεβαστός
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Ant[---]us Augustus
Reverse
Dea Syria seated right, holding tympanon set on her left knee with her left hand and leaning right elbow on throne on each side of which, lion right
Lettering: ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Translation: of the Goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (198-217) | |||||||||||||||
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