RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 71215)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 71215)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Flavius Fronto (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περτ(ίναξ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Τ ΦΛ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΑΡΧ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Τ(ίτου) Φλ(αυίου) Φροντῶνος ἄρχ(οντος) Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Titus Flavius Fronto, archon of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design river god (Hermos) reclining left, placing uncertain object on short column and holding reed, facing Nymphea Leukothea kneeling left, presenting infant river god Pactolus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 23.55 g
Axis 5
Reference Hochard 1970, GRPLC 
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Harvard: 1984.617 = Schulten April 1984, lot 316
    ✸ Righetti 1087