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 Imperator Caesar Lucius Σep--- Severus Pertinax Augustus 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 Lucius PVP Σeptimius Geta Marcus Aurelius Antuneinuς 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 18.48 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Meyer, Laodikeia 83–87
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
    CGT coll. = Naville 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 268
    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