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Coin of Stratonicea under Septimius Severus
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Obv: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to r., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to l. (erased in antiquity as part of damnatio memoriae), countermarked twice: head of Roma in small oval between the busts and ϑEOY in rectangular frame below Geta. ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ ΑΥ Κ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ Ϲ Κ
Rev: Zeus Panamaros on horseback to r., lighted altar at r. ΕΠ ΠΡΥ ΕΠΙΤΥΝΧΑΝΟΝΤΟϹ Γ ΦΙΛΩΝΟϹ; ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ in exergue
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Hans von Aulock (1) Istanbul (by 1968). [Auctiones Basel “auction 5 ” December 2 1975 lot 139]. [Sternberg Zurich “Auction 10 ” November 25 1980 lot 459] sold; to Robert Erskine (2) London (1980-2024) sold; [through Noonans London “Robert Erskine sale ” April 8 2025 lot 1614]; to the Harvard Art Museums.
1. Hans von Aulock (1906-1980). The coin is published as Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Deutschland Sammlung v. Aulock vol. 3 no. 8162 (1968).
2. Robert William Hervey Erskine (1930-2024)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum J.P. Engelcke Coin Purchase Fund
Title: Coin of Stratonicea under Septimius Severus
Description:
Obv: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to r.
, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to l.
(erased in antiquity as part of damnatio memoriae), countermarked twice: head of Roma in small oval between the busts and ϑEOY in rectangular frame below Geta.
ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹΕ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕ ΑΥ Κ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ Ϲ Κ
Rev: Zeus Panamaros on horseback to r.
, lighted altar at r.
ΕΠ ΠΡΥ ΕΠΙΤΥΝΧΑΝΟΝΤΟϹ Γ ΦΙΛΩΝΟϹ; ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ in exergue.
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