RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84448)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84448)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year 252
Dating AD 206/7
Obverse inscription IM C L SEP SEVERVS PER AV
Edition Im(perator) C(aesar) L(ucius) Sep(timius) Severus Per(tinax) Au(gustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F SINOP ANN CCLII
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) Sinop(ensis) ann(o) CCLII
Translation the colony Iulia Felix Sinope, in the year 252
Reverse design primitive figure of Dionysus with flat cap decorated with rings of pearls and a long beard in archaistic style seated on throne; he holds cantharus in his right hand, and a thyrsus in his left; on the base on which Dionysus is seated, altar and, on either side, two small genii; two other figures on either side of the back of the throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 123, Lacroix, Les reproductions..., pp. 88–9 and Pl. V, 6; Manisse 329–333
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Caesarian era.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 795
    ✸ St Petersburg Rec 123 and Pl. XXVII, 20