Co 729 (Middle Roman assarion of Septimius Severus from Kaphyai) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph