RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 81569)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 81569)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Acrasus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Onesiphoros, son of Apol— (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος Πε(ρτίναξ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡΑ ΟΝΗϹΙΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΠΟΛ ΤΟ Β ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ὀνησιφόρου Ἀπολλωνίου τὸ βʹ Ἀκρασιωτῶν ἐπ(ὶ) στρα(τηγοῦ) Ὀνησιφόρου Ἀπολ(λωνίου) τὸ βʹ Ἀκρασιωτῶν
Translation under strategos Onesiphoros, son of Apollonios for the second time, of the Acrasians
Reverse design Amphion stanidng, right, and Zethus staning, left, both wearing a shared cloak, Amphion holding a rope and grasping Dirce by the hair to tie her to the bull, Zethus using both hands to hold the bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 48.42 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 16; GRPCL 48
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note On this reverse type and the sculpture group of Toro Farnese, see H. C. von Mosch, Dirke, Thyiaden und der thebanische Dionysos. Zu den Dirkegruppen zwischen Rom und Kleinasien', NAC 34 (2005), pp. 141–80, esp. 169, no. 2.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1883,0514.1 BMC 16
    ✸ B: 18200854, 1885/378
    V: GR 19350