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Coin of Cremna with bust of Septimius Severus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 193–211
Mint: Pisidia, Cremna

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 35.5 mm. Weight: 21.73 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.882
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right.
IMP.CLSEPSEVER PERTINAVG
Reverse: Founder (Augustus) standing to right, plowing with yoke of oxen, and holding vexillum.
DIVOAVG in ex.: COLCRE
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 106); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963