RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 41320)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 41320)
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Abgar VIII
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΛΟΥΚ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Λούκ(ιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος
Translation Lucius Septimius Severus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΑΒΓΑΡΟ(Ϲ) ΒΑϹΛΑΙΑ(sic)
Edition Σεπτίμιος Ἀβγαρος βασιλεύς Σεπ(τίμιος) Ἀβγαρος βασ<ι>λ{αια}<εύς>
Translation Septimius, Abgar Basileia
Reverse design draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.41 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 30 bis, Cop 200
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)
Note At least 2 obv. and 2 rev. dies. Probably from the same pair of dies: 1-4.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L BMC 30bis
— —     P: 1942
— —     P: 1943, obverse legend obscure
— —     V: GR 22857
— —     ✸ B: I-B
— —     C: Leake 668, Kings and Dynasts, p. 40.2
— —     Cop: 200