RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 70081)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 70081)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus) ; Julia Domna (Augusta)
Issue Third issue
Dating AD 198/9
Obverse inscription IMP CAES L SEP SEVERO AVG ET IVLI AVG M C
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) L(ucio) Sep(timio) Severo Aug(usto) et Iuli(ae) Aug(ustae) M(atri) C(astrorum)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus and to Julia Augusta, Mother of the Camps
Obverse design jugate busts right of Septimius Severus, radiate, draped and cuirassed, and Julia Domna, draped and set on crescent, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SEPT LAVDIC COLON SEVER METROPOLI
Edition Sept(imia) Laudic(ea) colon(ia) Sever(iana) metropoli(s)
Translation Septimian Laodicea, Severan colony, metropolis
Reverse design Marsyas standing left, right hand raised, holding wineskin over his left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.94 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Meyer, Laodikeia 70–73, 76, 78–79
Specimens 30 (11 in the core collections)

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