RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84415)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84415)
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 ΗΡΑΚΛΕ ΕΤ ΗϹ
Edition Σεβαστ(οπολιτῶν) Ἡρακλε(οπολιτῶν) ἔτ(ους) ησʹ
Translation of the Sebastopolitan Heracleopolitans, of year 208
Reverse design Heracles nude striding right, holding club in his right hand to slay the seven-headed Lernaean Hydra
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.46 g
Axis 5
Reference Amandry and Rémy, Sebastopolis —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 463 (ex CNG EA 193, 6 Aug. 2008, lot 140)
    Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 261