RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77867)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77867)
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 rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟ ΕΤ ΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστο(πολιτῶν) Ἡρακλεο(πολιτῶν) ἔτ(ους) ησʹ
Translation of the Sebastopolitan Heracleopolitans, of year 208
Reverse design Statue of Heracles nude standing facing, resting on club with his right hand, in the central niche of a stoa (divided into three niches) flanked by two temples with four columns; access to the niche is restricted by a prominent barrier
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.88 g
Axis 12
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 8–9
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: 18292265, 1906 Löbbecke Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 9b and Pl. I
    ✸ Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 871 (ex Giessener Münzhandlung 90, 1998, lot 577)
    M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 38 (ex Müller 52, 1986, lot 145) = Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 9a
    Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 231
    Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 232