Æ25 - Caracalla ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙ ΖΚΦ
Features
| Issuer |
Emesa
(Syria)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
|
| Empress |
Julia Domna (193-211)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 215-216 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 12.23 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 523631 |
| References | RPC Online V.3# 74124 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
Draped bust of Julia Domna, right
Lettering: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ΑΥΓ(ΟΥ)
Unabridged legend: Ἰουλία Δόμνα Αὐγούστα
Translation: Julia Domna Augusta
Reverse
Altar of the temple of El-Gabal at Emesa, dressed on two steps podium, ornamented with a cornice and two rows of three niches placed between two pilasters; each niche contains a statue; small burning altar above; date (sometimes retrograde) in exergue
Lettering: ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙ ΖΚΦ
Unabridged legend: Ἐμίσων Κολωνίας ζκφʹ
Translation: of the colony of the Emesans, 527
Mint
Emesa, Syria, modern-day Homs, SyriaComments
BMC 11; SNG Glasgow 3160
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (215-216) | |||||||||||||||
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