RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66297)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66297)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 16
Dating AD 208
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) ΝΕ(ΩΚ) ΕΤ ΙϚ
Edition μητρ(οπόλεως) Καισα(ρείας) νεωκ(όρου) ἔτ(ους) ιϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, temple warden, year 16
Reverse design half-length bust of female figure, facing left, with sceptre and patera (?)
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.91 g
Axis 6
Reference S —; Ganschow 437
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Ganschow described the object in the hand of the figure as a 'patera' (cf. Lanz sale: 'Schale'). On rare tridrachms of year 17 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66499 it seems to contain fruit. The same type had occurred earlier, on coins of Domitian (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/7468: 'Apollo/Vejovis (?)') and Trajan (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/11648: 'Artemis?')
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: M 4893
— —     CNG 126, 28 May 2024, lot 463 = Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 576 = Künker 77, 2002, lot 520 = Künker Lagerkatalog 167, 2003, lot 74
— —     Henseler 786, ex Pecunem 33, 5 July 2015, lot 398
— —     ✸ Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 666