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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος 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 Ἁδριανῆς Σεουηριανῆς Ἀντωνινιανῆς Ἀμασίας μητροπόλεως νεωκόρου πρώτης Πόντου ἔτους σηʹ 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 31 mm
Average weight 16.97 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Dalaison, Amaseia 230
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 117 Dalaison, Amaseia 230e and Pl. 24 = SNG 935
    Boston: 63.1181 Dalaison, Amaseia 230b
    Brussels Tourneur RBN 1913, p. 113, n° 7 and Pl. V, 4 = Dalaison 230c
    ✸ Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 654