RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72160)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72160)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Caracalla (Caesar)
Dating AD 196/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περτ(ίναξ) Αὔγου(στος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒ ΤΕΚ ΜΗΤ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Edition Σεβ(αστηνῶν) Τεκ(τοσάγων) μητ(ροπόλεως) Ἀνκύρας
Translation of the Augustan Tectosages, of the metropolis Ancyra
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 18.25 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note ϹƐΒ ΤƐΚ (or occasionally just ϹƐΒ) occurs rarely on Severan coins of Ancyra. It stands for ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ ΤΕΚΤΟΣΑΓΩΝ, as had appeared on Flavian coins (RPC II, 1620-22).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: 101 SNG 2467