RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77756)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77756)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Sebastopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year 208
Dating AD 205/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτί(μιος) Σεουῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΕΤ ΗϹ
Edition τὸν κτίστην Σεβαστόπολις ἔτ(ους) ησʹ
Translation for the founder, Sebastopolis, of year 208
Reverse design Heracles nude standing facing, resting on club with his right hand, holding lion skin on his left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.13 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 14
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 439 (M 1044) Rec. 7 and Pl. XIV, 26 (rev.) = Amandry and Rémy 14a and Pl. II = SNG 1898
— —     Harvard: 1983.56.9 H. Bartlett Wells
— —     Biga Numismatics EA 23, 24 Sept. 2023, lot 385
— —     ✸ CGT coll. (ex CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 462; Stack's Coin Galleries July 2007, 18 July 2007, lot 884)
— —     Savoca 18 Blue, 30 Mar. 2019, lot 670
— —     Trade eBay Lanz 2017