RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 88178)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 88178)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Issue Year 208
Dating AD 205/6
Obverse inscription Π ϹΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΕϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ
Edition Π(όπλιος) Σεπτί(μιος) Γέτας Κέσαρ Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Publius Septimius Geta Caesar son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, right seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΝ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤ ΝΕ ΠΡ ΠΟ ΕΤ ϹΗ ΕΡΜΗϹ ΚΤΙϹΑϹ ΤΗΝ ΠΟΛΙΝ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀν(τωνινιανῆς) Ἀμασίας μητ(ροπόλεως) νε(ωκόρου) πρ(ώτης) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) σηʹ Ἑρμῆς κτίσας τὴν πόλιν
Translation of Hadrianic Severan Antonine Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first city of Pontus, year 208, Hermes founded the city
Reverse design eagle standing facing on a branch, wings spread, head right, wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.83 g
Axis 7
Reference Dalaison, Amaseia 548
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Winterthur: G 6991 Münzhandlung Schulten & Co., Köln, Auktion 27.–29. March 1990, lot 779 (ex Gorny 46, 30 Oct. 1989, lot 198) = Dalaison 548a and Pl. 57
    Nummitra 30, 31 Aug. 2024, lot 242