RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69748)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69748)
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 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 METROP COLONI, LEG III GAL
Reverse design priest ploughing right with a team of yoked oxen; in background, vexillum inscribed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.23 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2300; BMC 367–368
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1872,0709.342 BMC 367
— —     L: 1907,1102.22 BMC 368
— —     B: 18257498
— —     Cop SNG 359
— —     NY: 1944.100.81770
— —     Cahn 60, Dec. 1928, lot 1759
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Nomos Obolos Webauction 34, 10 Nov. 2024, lot 733