RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 874)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 874)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρος Περτί(ναξ) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων Κυζικηνῶν νεοκ(όρων)
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Satyr standing and dancing right, right foot raised, facing Maenad, nude, seated left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.22 g
Axis 1, 3
Reference SNG France 763
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note For a discussion of the rev., see H. C. von Mosch, ᾽Eine "Aufforderung zum Tanz" in Kyzikos und Pautalia. Der Beitrag der Münzen zum Verständnis eines hellenistischen Meisterwerks᾽, JNG 57 (2007), pp. 91–125.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1970,0909.57
— —     ✸ P: 444 SNG 763