RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 78155)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 78155)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year 5
Dating AD 196/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΥΗ ΕΥϹΕ ΠΕΡΤ ϹΕΒ ΑΡΑ ΑΔΙ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σευῆρος Εὐσεβὴς Περτίναξ Σεβαστὸς Ἀραβικὸς Ἀδιαβηνικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Εὐσε(βὴς) Περτ(ίναξ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Ἀρα(βικὸς) Ἀδι(αβηνικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pious Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription L - Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left hand
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.38 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9697bis; Emmett 2664
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1950.1006.80 BMC 3127
    DS Pl. 215, 9697bis = Berk Buy or Bid Sale 209, 5 Dec. 2019, lot 481 = Heritage Auction 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35065
    Kölner Münzkabinett 124, 17 Oct. 2025, lot 225