RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68841)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68841)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΒΞϹ = 262
Dating AD 198/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Σεβαστὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΒΞϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων βξσʹ Γαδαρέων βξσʹ
Translation of the Gadarensians, 262
Reverse design laureate head of Hercules-Melqart right, lion skin tied at neck
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.08 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference Rosenberger 70; Spijkerman 68; Sofaer 71
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    IMJ Sofaer 71 = Glendining & Co 3, 10 Mar. 1965, lot 172
    Athena
    CGT coll. = JHE Auction, 13 Aug. 2013, lot 62
    CNG EA 293, 19 Dec. 2012, lot 198
    Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 233 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 254
    ✸ Naville Numismatics 93, 15 Dec. 2024, lot 317 (ex Naville Numismatics 57, 26 Apr. 2020, lot 221; Naville 42, 22 July 2018, lot 194)
    Schulten 27–28, 15–16 Oct. 1990, lot 781