RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 66240)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 66240)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Menestheus Isobounos (president of the college of the archons)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περ(τίναξ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΜΕΝΕϹΘΕΑ ΙϹΟΒΟΥΝΟΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀρχόντων τῶν περὶ Μενεσθεὰ Ἰσόβουνον Ἀφροδεισιέων ἐπὶ ἀρχ(όντων) τῶν περὶ Μενεσθεὰ Ἰσόβουνον Ἀφροδεισιέων
Translation under archons around Menestheus Isobounos, of the Aphrodisians
Reverse design cult statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias right, at left priestess seated right and in upper field star, at right fountain (?) and in upper field crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.16 g
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald Type 82
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L BMC 112 = MacDonald Type 82, O135–R234(a)
    ✸ Athena Auction 1, 8 Oct. 1987, lot 243 = Waddell 28, 1988, lot 80 = MacDonald Type 82, O135–R234(b) = CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 901 = Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2674
    Bucephalus Numismatics Black 33, 10 Feb. 2024, lot 197
    Giessener Münzhandlung 96, 7 Jun. 1999 = GM 97, 11 Nov. 1999, lot 771