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Æ29 - Caracalla ΕΜΕϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝ ΖΚΦ

Features

Issuer Emesa (Syria)
Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 215-216
Composition Bronze
Weight 21.13 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
523619
References RPC Online V.3# 69145
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: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Temple with six columns on podium, within sacred stone of El-Gabal; in front of stone, eagle with wreath in beak; globe in pediment; date in exergue

Lettering: ΕΜΕϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝ ΖΚΦ

Unabridged legend: Ἐμεσῶν Κολωνίας ζκφʹ

Translation: of the colony of the Emesans, 527

Mint

Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, Syria

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (215-216) 

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