RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 70080)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 70080)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Caracalla (Augustus) ; Geta (Caesar)
Issue Third issue
Dating AD 198/9
Obverse inscription IMP CAE L CEP[ ] SEVERVS PERTINAX AVG
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription L PVP CEPTI GETA M AVREL ANTVNEINVC
Reverse design two male figures (laureate Caracalla and bare-headed Geta) standing vis-à-vis, sacrificing over burning altar between them, Caracalla holding uncertain object (a bust?) in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.72 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Meyer, Laodikeia 83–87
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1980,0907.1
    P: Y 25048.1206 Meyer, Laodikeia 85.1
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1591 Meyer, Laodikeia 87.1
    Mu: 3 Meyer, Laodikeia 83.1 = SNG 931
    NY: 1953.171.1571 Meyer, Laodikeia 84.1
    NY: 1944.84.66404 Meyer, Laodikeia 84.2 = Ziegler, Prestige pl. 14.137
    NY: 1949.172.20 Meyer, Laodikeia 86.1
    CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 269
    CNG EA 430, 10 Oct. 2018, lot 278
    Holy Land EA 16, 20 June 2021, lot 226
    ✸ Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1293
    Roma Numismatics EA 47, 28 June 2018, lot 485