RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1443)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1443)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus) ; Caracalla (Augustus) ; Geta (Caesar)
Magistrate Chares II (priest of Dionysus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ, ΑΥ Κ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, Λ ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περ(τίναξ) Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Γέτας Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, Emperor Caesar Antoninus, Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear, between bare-headed, draped and cuirassed busts of Caracalla and Geta
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 Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre; Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus; Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 49.63 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Phrygien II, 137–9
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1970,0909.118 KM p. 220, no. 8 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1898 = NC 1971, p. 133, no. 23
— —     Afyon
— —     V-ON SNG Leypold 1486
— —     Yale: 2009.110.81