RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69529)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69529)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΟϹ = 270
Dating AD 206/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Ϲ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σ(επτίμιος) Σεουῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ ϹΚΥΘΟΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ ΟϹ
Edition Νύσας Σκυθοπόλεως ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου οσʹ Νύσ(ας) Σκυθοπ(όλεως) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλ(ου) οσʹ
Translation of Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred and inviolable, 270
Reverse design Dionysus nude, except for chlamys and aegis over his left shoulder, striding to right, holding inverted thyrsus in his raised right hand, and, with his left, grasping the hair of a small figure running right with outstretched hands; on left, panther attacking another small figure; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Reference Barkay 41
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Barkay 41