RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84401)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84401)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Sebastopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Issue Year 208
Dating AD 205/6
Obverse inscription Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτί(μιος) Γέτας Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, right seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟ ΕΤ ΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστ(οπολιτῶν) Ἡρακλεο(πολιτῶν) ἔτ(ους) ησʹ
Translation of the Sebastopolitan Heracleopolitans, of year 208
Reverse design Statue of Heracles nude standing facing, resting on club with his right hand, in the central niche of a stoa (divided into three niches) flanked by two temples with four columns; access to the niche is restricted by a prominent barrier
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.76 g
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 51
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ M & M Numismatics, Ltd, Washington, D.C., Auction I, 7 Dec. 1997, lot 177 (ex Sotheby's, Subhi Pasha coll., 5 May 1873, lot 139)
    Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 235 (ex MM Deutschland 13, Righetti coll., 9 Oct. 2003, lot 275)
    Savoca EA 23, 17 June 2018, lot 264
    Varesi Vicenza , 29 Oct. 2012, lot 92 (ex Hirsch 164, 1989, lot 647) = Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis 51a and Pl. V