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Æ29 - Septimius Severus ΜΗΤΡ (Π (Ο (Λ) ΚΑΙϹΑ (Ε (Ι) (Α (Ϲ) ΕΤ ΙΓ

Features

Issuer Caesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 205
Composition Bronze
Weight 14.73 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
548317
References RPC Online V.3# 66741
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 Caracalla, right

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η)(ΛΙ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Reverse

Mount Argaeus on (garlanded) altar, (surmounted by star); (crescent or star in right field)

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο)(Λ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ε)(Ι))(Α)(Ϲ) ΕΤ ΙΓ

Unabridged legend: Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔτους ιγʹ

Translation: metropolis of Caesarea, year 13

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

S 484–485, 487–488, 487a-b; Ganschow 543–548

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