RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 83278)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 83278)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year 208
Dating AD 205/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΝ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩΚ ΠΡ ΠΟ ΕΤ ϹΗ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σεου(ηριανῆς) Ἀντ(ωνινιανῆς) Ἀμασίας μητ(ροπόλεως) νεωκ(όρου) πρ(ώτης) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) σηʹ
Translation of Hadrianic Severan Antonine Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 208
Reverse design emperor (Caracalla?) in military dress on horseback, holding spear, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.03 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Dalaison, Amaseia 230
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 117 Dalaison, Amaseia 230e and Pl. 24 = SNG 935
    Boston: 63.1181 Dalaison, Amaseia 230b
    ✸ Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 654