RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 88830)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 88830)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus) ; Caracalla (Augustus)
Dating AD 208
Obverse inscription IMPP CAESS SEVER ANT AVGG
Edition Imperatores Caesares Severus Antoninus Augusti Imp(eratores) Caes(ares) Sever(us) Ant(oninus) Aug(usti)
Translation Emperors Caesars Septimius Severus (and) Antoninus Augusti
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition colonia Berytus col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation colony of Berytus
Reverse design temple with four columns with steps leading up to it, pellet in pediment, with cult statue of Astarte turreted, standing facing within, holding aphlaston in her right hand, her left foot standing on prow; to right, column surmounted by Nike, crowning Astarte
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.98 g
Axis 1, 8, 12
Reference Rouvier 555; BMC 126; SNG Glasgow 3304; Sawaya 1357–1397???
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1900,0707.80 BMC 126
— —     P: Babelon 1257
— —     ✸ P: Louis De Clercq 349
— —     P: Babelon 1258
— —     G SNG 3304
— —     NY: 1944.100.72318
— —     NY: 1944.100.72319
— —     NY: 1948.19.2251
— —     Yale: 2001.87.13459
— —     CNG EA 426, 8 Aug. 2018, lot 382
— —     Savoca 18 Blue, 30 Mar. 2019, lot 1165