Æ29 - Septimius Severus C I F SINOP ANN CCLIII
Features
| Issuer |
Sinope
(Bithynia and Pontus)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 207-208 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 12.68 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 567144 |
| References | RPC Online V.3# 84449 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, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Script: Latin
Lettering: IM C L SEP SEVERVS PER AV
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Reverse
Primitive figure of Dionysus with flat cap decorated with rings of pearls and a long beard in archaistic style seated on throne; he holds cantharus in his right hand, and a thyrsus in his left; on the base on which Dionysus is seated, altar and, on either side, two small genii; two other figures on either side of the back of the throne
Script: Latin
Lettering: C I F SINOP ANN CCLIII
Unabridged legend: colonia Iulia Felix Sinopensis anno CCLIII
Translation: the colony Iulia Felix Sinope, in the year 253
Mint
Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, TurkeyComments
Lacroix, Les reproductions..., pp. 88–9 and Pl. V, 6; Manisse 334
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (207-208) | |||||||||||||||
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