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Æ27 - Septimius Severus ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤ Β

Features

Issuer Caesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 194
Composition Bronze
Weight 15.71 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
548193
References RPC Online V.3# 66655
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: Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ Π

Unabridged legend: Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ

Translation: Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax

Reverse

Mount Argaeus on tall altar, decorated with three corn ears

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤ Β

Unabridged legend: Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους βʹ

Translation: of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 2

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

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