RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77869)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77869)
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 ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟ ΕΤ ΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστοπολιτῶν Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν ἔτους ησʹ Σεβαστ(οπολιτῶν) 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 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 12.08 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 11-13
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 437 Rec. 3 and Pl. XIV, 23 = Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 11b = SNG 1900
— —     ✸ Biga Online Auction 9, 24 Apr. 2022, lot 353
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Nomos Obolos Webauction 38, 20 July 2025, lot 418