RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 265) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 265) (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Pollio (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Λ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεουῆρος Περτ(ίναξ) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Lucius Caesar Lucius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΙΟΥ[Λ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟϹ Β] ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἰουλ(ίου) Πωλλίωνος βʹ νεωκόρων Περγαμηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Iulius Pollio, twice neocorate, of the Pergamenes
Reverse design Septimius Severus, in military dress, standing left, holding patera over altar, and Nike standing left, crowning the emperor, holding palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 36.28 g
Axis 9
Reference SNG France 2192
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note weird fabric and obv. tooled; possibly a forgery
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: AA.GR.17288 SNG 2192
— —     Schulman, 6 June 1969, lot 1332