RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 83560)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 83560)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Severan ‘cistophoric’ mint
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C L SEP SEVERVS P AV
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) L(ucius) Sep(timius) Severus P(ertinax) Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription AVGVSTORVM
Edition Augustorum
Translation of the Augusti
Reverse design legionary eagle with wreath in beak, right, surmounting stand (aquila) between two standards
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.86 g
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf 1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L Hess, Trau coll., 22 May 1935, lot 2020 = Metcalf 1 = BMC 758
    P: 74
    CNG 126, 28 May 2024, lot 439 (ex Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1790)