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AR18 - Septimius Severus ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΕΤ ΙϚ

Features

Issuer Caesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 208
Composition Silver
Weight 2.80 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
548478
References RPC Online V.3# 66295
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 ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus

Reverse

Conical tower, with window and door; to either side, columns surmounted by uncertain object

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΕΤ ΙϚ

Unabridged legend: μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας νεωκόρου ἔτους ιϛʹ

Translation: of the metropolis of Caesarea, temple warden, year 16

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

S —; Ganschow 436

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