RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68550)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68550)
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 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 35 mm
Average weight 21.30 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 13; Sofaer 18
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2247 BMC 13
— —     IMJ Sofaer 18