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ID:
721167
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
MYSIA
City:
Germe
Issuer:
Septimius Severus
Date Ruled:
198-211
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 45 Medallion
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 202-205
Diameter:
45 mm
Weight:
78.23 g
Die Axis:
6 h
Obverse Legend:
AVT KAI Λ CEΠT CEVHPOC Π·KAI·AVK·M·AV·ANTΩNEINOC·EV
Obverse Description:
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from behind, and laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla left, seen from behind, vis-À-vis
Reverse Legend:
EΠI·CTPA ΓΛVKΩNOC B ΓΕΡMHNΩN
Reverse Description:
Herakles seated left on lion’s skin draped over rock, holding club set on ground and cantharus; to left, Apollo, standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, and Artemis drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; to right, Tyche standing left, crowning Herakles and holding cornucopiae; GLUKONOC B in legend
Primary Reference:
Ehling 160 (V1/R1)
Reference2:
Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29-30 May 1997), lot 992 (realized $6900)
Reference3:
Giessener MÜnzhandlung 64 (11 October 1993), lot 547
Reference4:
Fontana Collection (Finarte, 26 November 1996), lot 1020 = Auctiones 8 (27 June 1978), lot 435; cf. BMC Lydia pg. 85, 27 (this magistrate for Geta as Caesar)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84935
Grade:
Good VF, even green-black patina)
Notes:
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1167 Extremely rare, one of five known (the fourth in the BN). Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Triton VIII, 11-12 January 2005), lot 765.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
