RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84848)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84848)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Issue 1
Dating AD 194
Obverse inscription IMP L SEPT SEV PERT AVG
Edition Imperator Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Imp(erator) L(ucius) Sept(imius) Sev(erus) Pert(inax) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL HEL
Edition colonia Heliopolis col(onia) Hel(iopolis)
Translation colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design two males nude, standing facing, head left, holding animal skin in right hand and branch(?) in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.40 g
Axis 8, 12
Reference Sawaya 26 & 43
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note the two males figures might be Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon for  R. Falter, Libanon und Antilibanon auf Münzen von Heliopolis-Baalbek, Geldgeschichtliche Nachrichten 249, 2010, 121-126.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1900,0707.8
— —     NY: 1944.100.83754
— —     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1130 = Aufhäuser 5, 5-7 Oct. 1988, lot 336
— —     Trade (T.Vossen, VCoins 2021)