RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 80500)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 80500)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Sebastopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 208
Dating AD 205/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟ Π ΕΤ ΙΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστοπολιτῶν Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν Πόντου? ἔτους ησʹ Σεβαστοπο(λιτῶν) Ἡρακλεοπο(λιτῶν) Π(όντου?) ἔτ(ους) {ι}ησʹ
Translation of the Heracleopolitan Sebastopolitans of Pontus(?), year 208
Reverse design Heracles nude reclining left on lion skin, legs crossed; in field, left, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.42 g
Axis 12
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The date on the reverse of this coin reads IHC = 218 in error: it should be HC = 208.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    Bay Numismatics EA 16, 26 Aug. 2025, lot 706
    ✸ Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1630 (ex Naville Numismatics 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 180)
    Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 637