- Co 729 (Middle Roman assarion of Septimius Severus from Kaphyai) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 209
- Not before (date)
- 198
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 1385, 1392.1, pp. 332, 333
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF. Roughly 15% snapped off from upper obverse edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and minor scratching.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 28, no. 286 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Greek Imperial“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Septimius Severus (193-211)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 19.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Kaphyai
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 3.71
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΛΟV] ⲤΕΠΤ – [ⲤΕΟVΗΡ]ΟⲤ • ΠEΡ
- Reverse Description
- Female figure (Tyche) standing to left, holding cornucopia (traces) in left arm and [patera] in right hand over small, flaming altar; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- ΚΑΦV[-ΙΑΤⲰΝ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 729 (Middle Roman assarion of Septimius Severus from Kaphyai).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0729>
