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Æ29 - Septimius Severus ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΑΦΛ ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙϹ

Features

Issuer Pompeiopolis (Galatia)
Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 193-211
Composition Bronze
Weight 15.86 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
510893
References RPC Online V.3# 84357
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.3 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Lycia-Pamphylia to Egypt. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right

Lettering: ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σευῆρος ---

Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus [---]

Reverse

Heracles nude standing facing, head left, resting on club with his right hand, holding lion skin on his left arm

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΑΦΛ ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙϹ

Unabridged legend: μητρόπολις Παφλαγονίας Πομπηιόπολις

Translation: metropolis of Paphlagonia, Pompeiopolis

Mint

Pompeiopolis, Paphlagonia, modern-day Samsun, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (193-211) 

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