Tetradrachm - Caracalla ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ

Features

Issuer	Carrhae (Mesopotamia)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	215-217
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Billon
Weight	14.18 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 524603
References	RPC Online V.3# 76954 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. , Prieur# 820 Michel Prieur, Karin Prieur; 2000. A Type Corpus of the Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Bellinger Civic# 158 Alfred Raymond Bellinger; 1958. “The first civic tetradrachms of Ilium”, Museum Notes, Volume 8, pages 11-24.

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Obverse

Laureate bust right, seen from behind.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Eagle facing with head turned right, wings outstretched and wreath in beak, standing on facing long-horned bull's head, to left and right of which, pellets

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ

Unabridged legend: δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπα(τος) τὸ δʹ

Translation: with tribunician power, consul for the fourth time

Mint

Carrhae, Mesopotamia, modern-day Harran, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (215-217)

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