RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74065)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74065)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Caracalla (Caesar)
Dating c. AD 197/8
Obverse inscription IMP L SEPT SEV [PERT] AVG P P COS II COL, BER
Edition Imperator Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Pater Patriae Consul II colonia Berytus Imp(erator) L(ucius) Sept(imius) Sev(erus) Pert(inax) Aug(ustus) P(ater) P(atriae) Co(n)s(ul) II col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Father of the Fatherland, consul for the second time, colony of Berytus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription M AVR ANT CAES IMP DES
Edition Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar Imperator designatus M(arcus) Aur(elius) Ant(oninus) Caes(ar) Imp(erator) des(ignatus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, designated Emperor
Reverse design laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.99 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 1328–51
Specimens 22 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1994,0915.189
    L: 1908,0110.1129 BMC 119
    L: 1900,0707.78 BMC 120
    P: Bab 1251
    P: Chandon de Briailles 763
    Mu: 28b. Acc.11742
    NY: 1944.100.72271
    NY: 1938.127.220
    NY: 1944.100.72274
    NY: 1944.100.72272
    NY: 1944.100.72273
    NY: 1947.97.574
    Beirut-AUB Baramki 84
    ✸ Freiburg: 12460
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 328
    CNG EA 422, 13 June 2018, lot 414
    Emporium Hamburg 80, 19 Apr. 2018, lot 584
    M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 798
    Pavlou
    Savoca 18 Blue, 30 Mar. 2019, lot 1164
    VAuctions 328, 15 Dec. 2017, lot 363 = CNG EA 261, 3 Aug. 2011, lot 228