RPC — Type: 70049


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/70049 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	V.3
Number	— (unassigned; ID 70049)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Ptolemais
Reign	Septimius Severus
Person (obv.)	Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C L SEPT SEVERVS AVG
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) L(ucius) Sept(imius) Severus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL PTOL
Edition	col(onia) Ptol(emais)
Translation	colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design	Tyche standing facing, head left, right hand resting on rudder and holding cornucopia in left hand, crowned with wreath by small Nike standing left on column
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	12.06 g
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1005,BMC 30; Kadman 120; Sofaer 151–152
Specimens	7 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
—	—	L: 1908,0110.1248	BMC 30	24	11.38	12	Obv.: GIC 139 (laureate bust r.)	Show
—	—	P	Bab 1536	23.3	9.27	12		Show
—	— ✸	O		21.8	13.31	12		Show
—	—	IMJ	Sofaer 151	28.1	15.95	1	Obv.: GIC 139 (laureate bust r.)	Show
—	—	IMJ	Sofaer 152	24.8	10.81	1	Obv.: GIC 139 (laureate bust r.)	Show
—	—		Holy Land EA 17, 31 Oct. 2021, lot 304	24	10.88		Obv.: GIC 139 (laureate bust r.)	Show
—	—		Priv. coll.	22	12.82			Show