RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69677)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69677)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Tyre as a colony (after 198). First issue
Obverse inscription [L] SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP XI
Edition Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Imperator ΧΙ L(ucius) Sept(imius) Sev(erus) Pert(inax) Aug(ustus) Imp(erator) ΧΙ
Translation Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, Augustus, (acclaimed) emperor for the eleventh time
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SEP TVRVS METR COLONI
Edition Septimia Tyrus metropolis colonia Sep(timia) Tyrus metr(opolis) coloni(a)
Translation Septimian Tyre, metropolis, colony
Reverse design Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing, head left, left foot on prow, right hand adorning trophy and holding sceptre in left, being crowned by Nike standing left on column at right; palm tree on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.30 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2298; Baramki 203
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18257505, Löbb.
— —     ✸ CNG 43, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 1138