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
Edition Imp(erator) Cae(sar) L(ucius) Σep[---] Severus Pertinax Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius[---] Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L PVP CEPTI GETA M AVREL ANTVNEINVC
Edition L(ucius) PVP Σepti(mius) Geta M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Antuneinuς
Translation Lucius PUP(?) Septimius Geta, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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)

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