RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68536)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68536)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year ϹΚϚ = 226
Dating AD 201/2
Obverse inscription [I]MP C L SEPT SEV PERT AV
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) L(ucius) Sept(imius) Sev(erus) Pert(inax) Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ϹΚϚ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝωΝ ϹΥΡ
Edition ἔτους σκϛ' Σεβαστηνῶν Συρίας (ἔτους) σκϛ' Σεβαστηνῶν Συρ(ίας)
Translation of year 226, of the Sebasteans of Syria
Reverse design rape of Kore-Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, looking back and carrying Persephone in right arm; above horses, Eros flying right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 26.11 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Rosenberger III, 17 (corr. obv. legend)
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1260
    ✸ Heritage Mar. 2012 Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20705 = Samuels 224
    Rosenberger III, 17