RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 75076)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 75076)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περ(τίναξ) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, Father of the Homeland
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙ 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 Septimius Severus, in military dress, riding on galloping horse right, spearing lion jumping left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.04 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes Β Γ instead of Γ Β.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18223197, Löbb.
— —     ✸ B: 18223196, 1924/438
— —     O Tarsus hoard 24
— —     O Tarsus hoard 26
— —     V: GR 29764
— —     Emporium Hamburg 80, 19 Apr. 2018, lot 582
— —     Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 481
— —     SNG vA 6000