RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77772)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77772)
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Αὔγουστος 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 ΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστοπολιτῶν Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν Πόντου? ἔτους ησʹ Σεβαστοπο(λιτῶν) Ἡρακλεοπο(λιτῶν) Π(όντου?) ἔτ(ους) ησʹ
Translation of the Heracleopolitan Sebastopolitans of Pontus(?), year 208
Reverse design Heracles nude wrestling the Cretan bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
Axis 4, 5
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 17
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 438 Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 17a = SNG 1904 = Wa 90
— —     A.S. coll.
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG EA 409, 8 Nov. 2017, lot 403 = CNG EA 494, 23 June 2021, lot 306 = CNG EA 587, 21 May 2025, lot 461
— —     ✸ Savoca EA 27 Silver, 25 Nov. 2018, lot 306