RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74096)

 

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Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74096)
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 SE[PT SEV PERT AVG P P] COS II, COL
Edition Imperator Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Pater Patriae Consul II colonia Imp(erator) L(ucius) Sept(imius) Sev(erus) Pert(inax) Aug(ustus) P(ater) P(atriae) Co(n)s(ul) II col(onia)
Translation Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus father of the fatherland, consul for the second time, colony
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right, resting on eagle
Reverse inscription M AVR ANT CAES IMP DES, BER
Edition Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar Imperator designatus Berytus M(arcus) Aur(elius) Ant(oninus) Caes(ar) Imp(erator) des(ignatus) Ber(ytus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, designated Emperor, Berytus
Reverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of young Caracalla, wearing paludamentum, right, resting on eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.93 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 553; BMC 121; Sawaya 1352-1356
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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