RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1412)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1412)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Aristophanes (strategos)
Issue With coins in the name of Clodius Abinus
Dating AD 193/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Π(ερτίναξ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Κ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΦΑΝ, ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κ(λαυδίου) Ἀριστοφάν(ους) Σμυρναίων
Translation under the strategos Claudius Aristophanes, of the Smyrnaeans
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna seated left, on prow, head right, holding small statues of two Nemeses (standing, facing each other, each plucking chiton, one holding cubit rule, the other holding bridle) and double axe, resting arm on pelta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.53 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG vA 2216; Klose LV 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1979,0101.1788 SNG vA 2216
— —     ✸ Mu: 377.1264
— —     V: GR 17816
— —     Rome: 111153 De Sanctis
— —     Vat: 231