RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68383)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68383)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Eleutheropolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Issue Undated coins
Obverse inscription Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ Κ
Edition Πόπλιος Σεπτίμιος Γέτας Καῖσαρ Π(όπλιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Γέτας Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Publius Septimius Geta Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Λ Ϲ ϹΕΟ ΕΛΕΥΘ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Ἐλευθεροπολιτῶν Λ(ούκιος) Σ(επτίμιος) Σεο(υῆρος) Ἐλευθ(εροπολιτῶν)
Translation Lucius Septimius Severus, of the Eleutheropolitans
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.48 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rosenberger II, 19; SNG ANS 893; Meshorer, City-Coins 180; Sofaer 23
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Note the coupled legends Π ϹƐΠ ΓƐΤΑ Κ (obv.) and Λ Ϲ ϹƐO (retrograde) (obv.) also occurs

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1944.100.69034 SNG 893
    Bern SNG 2469
    IMJ Sofaer 23
    ✸ Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1354 = C S Bern 4, 3 Dec. 1985, lot 218
    Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 749 = Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 350
    Holy Land EA 16, 20 June 2021, lot 317
    Meshorer, City-Coins 180 (Coll. Spaer)
    Rosenberger II, 19
    Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)