RPC — Type: 83997


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/83997 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	V.3
Number	— (unassigned; ID 83997)
Province	Cilicia
Region	Cilicia
Subregion	Cilicia Trachea
City	Ninica Claudiopolis
Reign	Septimius Severus
Person (obv.)	Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Person (rev.)	Julia Domna (Augusta)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAEC L CEPT CEY[ ], CLAVDΔIOPO[ ] COLONIA
Edition	Imp(erator) Cae<σ>(ar) L(ucius) Σept(imius) Σeυ[---] Claud{δ}iopo[---] colonia
Translation	Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus[---] Claudiopolis[---] colony
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	DOMNA AVG COL IVL AVG FEL IVLIA NINICA
Edition	Domna Aug(usta) col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Iulia Ninica
Translation	Domna Augusta, the Julian Augustan colony of Felix Julia Ninica
Reverse design	draped bust of Julia Domna, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	36 mm
Average weight	15.97 g
Axis	6, 7
Specimens	9 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The same pair of dies seems to show a different inscription below the bust, suggesting some recut.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
—	— ✸	L	BMC 3	35.5	15.17	7	Obv.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.)	Show
—	—	O		36.6	17.40	6	Rev.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.); GIC — (uncertain) ; GIC 262 applied three times	Show
—	—		Berk Buy or Bid Sale 219, 5 May 2022, lot 383	35	18.74		Rev.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.)	Show
—	—		CGT coll.	35	20.58	6	Obv.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.) ; countermark applied three times	Show
—	—		CGT coll.	35	14.90	6	Rev.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.); GIC 669 (dot within Δ within circle) ; GIC 262 applied twice	Show
—	—		CNG EA 386, 9 Nov. 2016, lot 445 = SNG Levante 609	38.2	20.58	6	Obv.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.)	Show
—	—		CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1156 = SNG Levante 610	36	6.66			Show
—	—		N&N London Green 2, 3 Oct. 2022, lot 158	34			Rev.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.) ; countermark applied three times on the rev.	Show
—	—		Savoca 171st Silver, 20 Aug. 2023, lot 181	43.1	13.74		Obv.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r.) Rev.: GIC — (uncertain) ; countermark on the obv. applied three times	Show