RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68549)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68549)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Colonial coinage
Dating after AD 201/2
Obverse inscription IMP CAES [L SEPT] SEV PERT [AV?]
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) 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 COL L SEP SEBASTE
Edition colonia Lucia Septimia Sebaste col(onia) L(ucia) Sep(timia) Sebaste
Translation colony of Lucius Septimius Sebaste
Reverse design temple with four columns of Jupiter; within Jupiter seated left, left resting on sceptre, extended right holding patera(?); on left, facing him, Minerva standing r; on right Juno standing left; in pediment, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.42 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 12; Sofaer 19
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.2248 BMC 12
— —     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 19
— —     Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) January 2023 NYINC, 13 Jan. 2023, lot 40205 = CNG EA 498, 18 Aug. 2021, lot 244