RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72173)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72173)
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Αὔγουστος 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 ΜΗΤ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Edition Σεβαστῆς μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας Σεβ(αστῆς) μητ(ροπόλεως) Ἀνκύρας
Translation of the Augustan metropolis Ancyra
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding head of Tyche (?) and spear resting on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.13 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note For ϹƐΒ, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/72160.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: 102 SNG 2468
— —     V: GR 36378 Hirsch XIII, 1905, lot 4093
— —     CNG EA 594, 27 Aug. 2025, lot 271 = Christie's New York, 13 September 1990, lot 51