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Coin of Caesarea with bust of Septimius Severus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 194
Mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 29.5 mm. Weight: 11.94 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.947
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Mt. Argaeus on altar within tetrastyle temple. In pediment, eagle?.
MHTP O KA ICAPI. In ex.: E T - R (=B?)
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Mt. Argaeus on altar within tetrastyle temple. In pediment, eagle?.
MHTP O KA ICAPI. In ex.: E T - R (=B?)
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 181); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963