Æ36 - Septimius Severus ΛΕΥΚΟΥΛΛΟϹ, ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Abydus (Conventus of Adramyteum)
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	30.83 g
Diameter	36 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 538171
References	RPC Online V.2# 72905 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

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Reverse

Alexander the Great standing right, head left, at prow of galley right, holding spear and extending right hand, with two soldiers behind him and bust of Athena on acrostolium of galley; on another galley, Athena seated right, holding spear and shield; on the left, herald blowing trumpet on tower

Lettering: ΛΕΥΚΟΥΛΛΟϹ, ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩΝ

Unabridged legend: Λεύκουλλος Ἀβυδηνῶν

Translation: Lucullus, of the Abydenians

Mint

Abydus, Troade, modern-day Nağara, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (193-211)

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