RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77770)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77770)
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 Α
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτί(μιος) Σεουῆρος Α(ὔγουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟ Π ΕΤ ΙΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστοπο(λιτῶν) Ἡρακλεοπο(λιτῶν) Π(όντου?) ἔτ(ους) {ι}ησʹ
Translation of the Heracleopolitan Sebastopolitans of Pontus(?), year 208
Reverse design Heracles nude reclining left on lion skin, legs crossed; in field, left, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.30 g
Axis 5
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 18 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The date on the reverse of this coin reads IHC = 218 in error: it should be HC = 208.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: 2001.51 Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 18b = SNG 1899 = ex Peus 336, Burstein coll., 2000, lot 524
— —     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 17, 24 - 25 Mar. 2023, lot 314
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1034 = Roma Numismatics EA 112, 7 Sept. 2023, lot 801 (ex Demos 15, 13 Jan. 2023, lot 693)