RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 971)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 971)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Nikias (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΟϹ ΠΕ(Ρ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτ(ίμιος) Σεουῆρο(ς) Περ(τίναξ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙ ΝΕΙΚΙΟΥ, ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αἰ(λίου) Νεικίου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under strategos Aelius Nikias of the Germenians
Reverse design nude Heracles standing right, lion skin over shoulder, resting on club, right arm on hip; at his feet, Telephus left, and stag seated right; on the right, eagle standing facing, head left, speading wing, on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 30.71 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Ehling 142–4; SNG France 985
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

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