RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 97515)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 97515)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 2
Dating AD 194
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙΝ
Obverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤ Β (?)
Reverse design Mount Argaeus on garlanded altar; above, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.55 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note A puzzling coin. ΠƐΡΤΙΝ appears on bronzes for Severus only in year 2 (and abbreviations of the name only  in years 2 and 3) , but the year looks more like ƐΤ ΙΓ or ƐΤ ΙΖ. The obverse legend is regarded here as more decisive for the date of the coin.
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