RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84879)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84879)
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 I O M H COL HEL
Edition Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana I(upiter) O(ptimus) M(aximus) H(eliopolitanus) col(onia) Hel(iopolitana)
Translation Jupiter of Heliopolis, the best and greatest; the colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design frontal view of the decastyle temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus; Π in pediment; figures(?) along roof line
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.91 g
Axis 1, 6, 10, 12
Reference Lindgren & Kovacs 1270; Sawaya 1-11
Specimens 18 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1908,0110.2496
    P: 136
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1261
    P: 1966.453
    NY: 1944.100.83785
    NY: 1944.100.83786
    V: GR 36395
    Leeds-UL: 361
    CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 164
    CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 283
    CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 284
    CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 289
    CNG EA 351, 20 May 2015, lot 588
    CNG MBS 75, 23 May 2007, lot 845 = Lindgren & Kovacs 1270
    Elsen 105, 12 June 2010, lot 340
    Lindgren & Kovacs 1270
    Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 236 = CNG EA 92, 23 June 2004, 83
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