RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1439)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1439)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Chares II (priest of Dionysus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΒΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΞ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεβῆρος Περτίναξ
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΧΑΡΗϹ Β ΙΕΡΕΥϹ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΥ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ, ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Χάρης βʹ ἱερεὺς Διονύσου ἀνέθηκε Διονυσοπολειτῶν
Translation Chares II, priest of Dionysus, dedicated (this), of the Dionysopolitans
Reverse design Dionysus seated left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus; in the upper left, a satyr standing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 35.22 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien II, 136
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

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