RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69155)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69155)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΙΦ = 515
Dating AD 203/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σε(πτίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περ(τίναξ) Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙ, ΕΙΦ
Edition Τριπολι(τῶν) ειφʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, 515
Reverse design the Dioscuri, nude, standing facing one another, each holding horse by bridle and spear; above, shrine with two columns containing bust of Astarte right; date across field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.42 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 71
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: HPB,p156.2.C BMC 71
    NY: 1944.100.72591
    CGT coll.
    ✸ CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 215
    M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 865