RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84881)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84881)
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 Tyche turreted and radiate standing facing on a base, a crown in right hand and a cornucopia in left hand, between two small figures holding clubs (or torchs?); all below arched canopy held in place by two female figures standing on columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.15 g
Axis 1, 3, 5, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 12-25
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.2498
— —     L: 1991,0130.88
— —     P: Chandon de Briailles 1266
— —     P: 139
— —     NY: 1944.100.83777
— —     NY: 1944.100.83775
— —     Bern SNG 2162
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CGT coll. (ex Jencek Historical Enterprise Auction 27, 11 Nov. 2014, lot 44)
— —     ✸ CNG EA 207, 25 Mar. 2009, lot 311
— —     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 313
— —     CNG EA 382, 7 Sept. 2016, lot 263
— —     Gorny & Mosch 216, 15 Oct. 2013, lot 2756
— —     Lindgren & Kovacs 1273
— —     VAuctions 304, 6 Mar. 2014, lot 208 = VAuctions 281, 10 May 2012, lot 242