RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84449)

 

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Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84449)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year 253
Dating AD 207/8
Obverse inscription IM C L SEP SEVERVS PER AV
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus 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 CCLIII
Edition colonia Iulia Felix Sinopensis anno CCLIII c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) Sinop(ensis) ann(o) CCLIII
Translation the colony Iulia Felix Sinope, in the year 253
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 29 mm
Average weight 12.68 g
Axis 12
Reference Lacroix, Les reproductions..., pp. 88–9 and Pl. V, 6; Manisse 334
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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