Æ38 - Septimius Severus ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΖΗΝΩΝ ΤΗ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΙ ΑΦΡΟΔΙϹΙΕΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	193-211
Composition	Bronze
Weight	25.68 g
Diameter	38 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 492749
References	RPC Online V.2# 66814 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 ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤ ΑΥΓ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Αὔγουστος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus

Reverse

Septimius Severus on horseback right, brandishing a spear against two enemies

Lettering: ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΖΗΝΩΝ ΤΗ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΙ ΑΦΡΟΔΙϹΙΕΩΝ

Translation: Menippos and Zenon (offered this) to the Fatherland of the Aphrodisians

Mint

Aphrodisias, Caria, Turkey

Comments

MacDonald Type 90

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

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