RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77771)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77771)
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 ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Αὔγουστος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτίμι(ος) Σεουῆρος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤ ΗΡΑΚΛΕ ΕΤ ΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστοπολιτῶν Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν ἔτους ησʹ Σεβαστ(οπολιτῶν) Ἡρακλε(οπολιτῶν) ἔτ(ους) ησʹ
Translation of the Sebastopolitan Heracleopolitans, of year 208
Reverse design Heracles nude striding right, holding club in his right hand to slay the seven-headed Lernaean Hydra
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.36 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 22
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1979,0101.1200 Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 22a = SNG vA 6777
— —     P: 1380 Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 22b = SNG 1901
— —     Leu EA 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 493
— —     ✸ Numisfitz 7, 14 Dec. 2025, lot 556
— —     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 29, 6 Dec. 2025, lot 246