RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84260)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84260)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περ(τίναξ) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax, Father of the Homeland
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΙΑΝΗϹ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, ΕΝ ΚΟΔΡΙΓΕϹ ϹΕΥΗΡΙΑ (above crown), ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ (on crown), ΕΠΙΝΙΚΙΑ ΟΡΟΙϹ ΚΙΛΙΚ (below crown), Γ Β
Edition Ἁδρι(ανῆς) Σευηριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως ἐν Κοδριγὲς Σευήρια Ὀλύμπια ἐπινίκια ὅροις Κιλικ(ίας) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Hadrianic Severan Tarsus, metropolis in Kodrigai, Severian, Olympian, Epinician (games), boundaries of Cilicia, of the three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design agonistic urn containing palm on table, inscribed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.03 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1925,1001.3 Tarsus hoard 27
    P: 1253 SNG 1477
    ✸ B: 18223198, 1770 Pfau
    NY: 1944.100.51936
    O Tarsus hoard 28
    O Tarsus hoard 31
    CGT coll.
    CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1148 = SNG Levante 1025
    Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 515
    Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 480
    Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 562
    Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 219 = CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1179 = SNG Levante Suppl. 261
    Savoca 27th Blue, 28 Dec. 2019, lot 1031
    SNG Pfalz 1352