RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69356)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69356)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Diospolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 207/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ[Β?]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Σεβαστὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [Λ Ϲ]ΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΔΙΟϹΠΟΛΙϹ
Edition Λουκία Σεπτιμία Σεουηριανὰ Διόσπολις Λ(ουκία) Σεπ(τιμία) Σεουη(ριανὰ) Διόσπολις
Translation Lucian Septimian Severan Diospolis
Reverse design Zeus seated left, left hand resting on sceptre and small Nike on right extended hand; eagle standing to left behind him;; date in exergue?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.43 g
Axis 12
Reference Farhi, Diospolis 1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.69031 SNG 889 = Farhi, Diospolis 1