Æ27 - Septimius Severus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟ (ΩΝ)

Features

Issuer	Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	193-211
Composition	Bronze
Weight	10.15 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 551135
References	RPC Online V.2# 729 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 Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear

Lettering: ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠΤ(Ι) ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ Π(ΕΡΤΙ ϹΕΒ)

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Σεβαστός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus

Reverse

Two torches entwined by serpents

Lettering: ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ(ΩΝ)

Unabridged legend: Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων

Translation: of the Cyzicenes, neocorate

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

SNG France 764, 766–8

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

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