RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 75073)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 75073)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σευῆρος Περτίναξ Σεβαστός Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σευῆρος Περ(τίναξ) Σεβ(αστός) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ(Ι) ϹΕΥΗΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Γ Β
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ Ἁδρι(ανῆς) Σευηριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ
Translation of Hadrianic Severan Tarsus, metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), 2 (neocorate)
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; at feet, left, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.41 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: BNK,G.1101 BMC 172
    CNG EA 548, 18 Oct. 2023, lot 330 = CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 910 = Ziegler 687
    CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1180 = SNG Levante 1026
    Künker 115, 25 Sept. 2006, lot 607