Æ26 - Septimius Severus ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΦΟΙΝΙΚΗϹ ΑΚ (Ι) 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Features
| Issuer |
Tyre
(Syria)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 193-211 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 11.46 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 524699 |
| References | RPC Online V.3# 41853 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 Heracles-Melqarth (lightly bearded) with traces of lion skin, right
Lettering: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Translation: of Tyre, the metropolis
Reverse
Temple with eight columns
Lettering: ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΦΟΙΝΙΚΗϹ ΑΚΤ(Ι) 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Unabridged legend: κοινοῦ Φοινίκης Ἄκτια 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation: of the koinon of Phoenicia, Actian (games), of Tyre
Mint
Tyre, LebanonComments
Rouvier 2246, BMC 361–6, GM 767, no. 795
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (193-211) | |||||||||||||||
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