RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 73845) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 73845) (forgery)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Codrula
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Julia Domna (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝ[Α ϹΕΒ...]
Edition Ἰουλ(ία) Δόμνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Julia Domna Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Domna, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΔΡΟΥΛΕΩΝ
Edition Κοδρουλέων
Translation of the Codrulans
Reverse design serpent, coiled, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 14.99 g
Axis 1
Reference vA Pisid. 1, 999
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note A very strange looking coin, and the obv. legend is hard to decipher (and seems very long?). The rev. design is without parallel at Codrula. One wonders if it might have been re-engraved from something else and so not really be a coin of Codrula. Some sort of fake?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: 1966.453 SNG 1430 = vA Pisid. 999
— —     CNG Triton XXVIII Online Sessions, 22 Jan. 2025, lot 5360 = Malloy XXXIII (19 June 1992), lot 242