RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72096)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72096)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year 3
Dating AD 194/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Σεβαστὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περτ(ίναξ) Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Nilus reclining left, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left hand; below, crocodile right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.40 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9702; Emmett 2685
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.64185
    Alexandria: 819 M. Ashour, Annal Of General Union of Arab Archaeologists 28 (2025), p. 8 and fig. 2
    Ars et Nummus (Nascia) 9-10, Sept./Oct. 1970, lot 134
    DS 9702