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Æ29 - Septimius Severus ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙϹ

Features

Issuer Amastris (Bithynia and Pontus)
Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 193-211
Composition Bronze
Weight 15.35 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
502953
References RPC Online V.2# 35585
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Draped bust of Homer, right, with taenia

Lettering: ΟΜΗΡΟϹ

Translation: Homer

Reverse

Tyche seated, left, holding Nike and sceptre

Lettering: ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙϹ

Translation: Amastris

Mint

Amastris, Paphlagonia, modern-day Amasra, Turkey

Comments

Rec 42a; Dalaison 2017, Amastris 19

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (193-211) 

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