RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66691)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66691)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 4
Dating AD 196
Obverse inscription Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Πε(ρτίναξ)
Translation Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ[ ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ ΕΤ Δ(?)
Edition Μητρό--- Καισαρία ἔτους δʹ Μητρό[---] Καισαρία ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis [---] Caesarea, of year 4
Reverse design horseman (Emperor?) riding right, holding spear in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.32 g
Axis 11
Reference S —; Ganschow 380
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. A single coin is known which seems to attest year 4. It might well be a coin of year 2, as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66673, with a poor R for Β?  S 394 = Sydenham coll. 165 described a drachm of year 4, but it seems more likely to be a misread coin of year 14.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Henseler 723 = Münzzentrum 135, 2007, lot 1021