RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77763)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77763)
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος 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 ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠ ΕΤ ΗΣ
Edition Σεβαστοπολιτῶν Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν ἔτους ησʹ Σεβαστοπο(λιτῶν) Ἡρακλεοπ(ολιτῶν) ἔτ(ους) ησʹ
Translation of the Sebastopolitan Heracleopolitans, of year 208
Reverse design Heracles nude standing right strangling Nemean lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 7
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1979,0101.1199 Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 7a = SNG vA 6776
    P: 1381 Grand Duc = Amandry and Rémy, Sébastopolis 7c and Pl. I = SNG 1902
    B: 18292342, 1906 Löbbecke Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 7d
    Agora Auction Numismatic Auction 97, 29 Sept. 2020, lot 160 (ex Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 314; Agora Auction Numismatic Auction 96, 10 Mar. 2020, lot 97) = Agora Auctions Numismatic 99, 23 Mar. 2021, lot 103
    Rex Numismatics E-Rex 2, 30 Sept. 2023, lot 290
    Rex Numismatics E-Rex 2, 30 Sept. 2023, lot 290