RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1162)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1162)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Artemon, son of Secundus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟ[Υ]ΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΞ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝΟϹ ΤΟΥ Ϲ]ΕΚΟΥΝΔΟ[Υ], ΜΥΤΙΛΗ[ΝΩΝ]
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ἀρτέμωνος τοῦ Σεκοῦνδου Μυτιληνῶν
Translation under strategos Artemon, son of Secundus, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design female figure standing right, holding uncertain object in both hands, facing Heracles seated left, on rock, holding club; on the left, high column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.22 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The only specimen recorded being tooled, the reading requires confirmation.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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