RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 71212)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 71212)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Cornelius Vettenianus (strategos and asiarch four times)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτί(μιος) Σεουῆρος Περ(τίναξ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΟΡ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ Δ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κορνηλίου Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρχου δʹ Σαρδιανῶν δίς νεωκόρων μητροπόλεως Ἀσίας ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κορ(νηλίου) Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρχ(ου) δʹ Σαρδιανῶν δίς νεωκόρων μητροπόλεως Ἀσίας
Translation under strategos Cornelius Vettenianus, asiarch, four times, of the Sardians, twice neocorate, metropolis of Asia
Reverse design two temples with five columns facing each other, seen from a three-quarter view; above each, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 45 mm
Average weight 48.16 g
Axis 12
Reference Hochard 1967, GRPLC 472
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: 1248A
— —     Schulman, Nuni (N.Y.), 1969, lot 1839