RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66298)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66298)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 2
Dating AD 194
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος
Translation Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ι)(ΑϹ) ΕΤ Β
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation of the Metropolis of Caesarea, of year 2
Reverse design Nike standing left on globe, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.73 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference S 392–393, 409; Ganschow 337–338
Specimens 23 (9 in the core collections)
Note Whenever the past of the coin is clearly visible, a globe can be seen. It seems that all coins were intended to have the globe.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: G.2280 BMC 234 = S 409 (year uncertain)
    P: Y 28769
    P: 519
    Mu: 67
    NY: 1944.100.72303
    NY: 1944.100.72302
    O ex D.R. Walker
    O ex D.R. Walker
    V: GR 20140
    Cornell: CNC_0702
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    ✸ CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 874
    CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 162
    Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, 1998, lot 377
    Henseler 681
    Henseler 682
    Hirsch 185, 1995, lot 1024 = Henseler 680
    Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1204
    Sydenham coll. 164 = S, p. 96, fig. 82