RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84878)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84878)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2
Dating AD 196–8
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 radiate, draped 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 turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche facing, head right, flower (or cornucopia?) behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.91 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 88 (corr. cornucopia)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note L of HEL sometimes inverted
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1938,1007.107
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 1008
— —     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 588 = Cederlind 153, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 160
— —     VAuctions Triskeles Sale 26, 7 Dec. 2018, lot 506 = VAuctions 331, 16 July 2018, lot 142 = VAuctions 329, 6 Apr. 2018, lot 363