RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 66814)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 66814)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Menippos ; Tiberius Claudius Zenon (archineocoros high priest for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Αὔγουστος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περτ(ίναξ) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΖΗΝΩΝ ΤΗ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΙ ΑΦΡΟΔΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition Μένιππος καὶ Ζήνων τῇ πατρίδι Ἀφροδισιέων Μένιππος καὶ Ζήνων τῇ πατρίδι Ἀφροδισιέων
Translation Menippos and Zenon (offered this) to the Fatherland of the Aphrodisians
Reverse design Septimius Severus on horseback right, brandishing a spear against two enemies
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 25.68 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference MacDonald Type 90
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1874,0715.321 BMC 111 = MacDonald Type 90, O143–R246(b)
    L: 1979,0101.1845 SNG vA 2457 = Kraft, pl. 77, no. 6 = MacDonald Type 90, O143–R246(a)
    P: 279A Wa 7047 = MacDonald Type 90, O143–R246(c)
    Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 600 = Hirsch 375, 22 Sept. 2022, lot 1473
    Kricheldorf 7, 12 Nov. 1959, lot 84
    Kricheldorf, Nov. 1959, lot 84 = MacDonald Type 90, O143–R246(e)
    MacDonald Type 90, O143–R246(d)