RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66661)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66661)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 2
Dating AD 194
Obverse inscription Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ(ΤΙΝ)
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περτίν(αξ)
Translation Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΕΤ Β
Edition Μητρ(οπόλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation of the Metropolis of Caesarea, of year 2
Reverse design quadriga with emperor, holding sceptre and globe, right; above, agalma of Mount Argaeus (between star and crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.08 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference S 419c, 436a; Ganschow 351
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1975,0411.162
    NY: 1944.100.62469 S 419c
    Niğde: T 13.7.93 S. Foça, ‘A Group of Roman Provincial Coins of Caesarea in Cappadocia from Niğde Museum’, Cedrus XI (2023), 264 no. 66
    Biga Numismatics EA 22, 2 Sept. 2023, lot 370
    Henseler 689A, ex Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 667
    Lindgren I, A1716A