RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69283)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69283)
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 ΤΡΙΠΟΛ, ΕΙΦ
Reverse design the Dioscuri, nude, holding spears and grapes with cruciform stars above heads standing to either side of Astarte standing right, left foot on prow, right hand resting on sceptre, being crowned by Nike standing left on column; date downward to left or to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.11 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 69–70
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.1332 BMC 69
    ✸ L: 1841,B.3615 BMC 70
    P: Babelon 1929
    C: CM.LK.2701-R SNG 6070
    NY: 1944.100.72589
    NY: 1944.100.72590
    V: GR 22264