RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66289)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66289)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 14
Dating AD 206
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ(ΜΙ) ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ (ΑΥΓ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτίμι(ος) Σεουῆρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right, (with drapery on shoulder)
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο)(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(Ρ)(Ι)(ΑϹ) ΕΤ(Ο)(ΥϹ) ΙΔ
Edition μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας ἔτους ιδʹ
Translation of Caesarea metropolis, year 14
Reverse design Mount Argaeus, surmounted by standing figure
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.43 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference S 397; Ganschow 401
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Note V GR 34675 has a rev. legend ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΝƐΩΚ, but it is not clear if it is a silver or a bronze coin.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1895,0508.159 BMC 224
    V: GR 34675
    CNG EA 387, 30 Nov. 2016, lot 326
    CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 860
    ✸ CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 861
    Henseler 748
    Henseler 749 = CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 307
    Hirsch 92, 1973, lot 330
    Naumann 77, 5 May 2019, lot 557
    Zeus Auction 22, 23 Jan. 2022, lot 472