Septimius Severus Nicaea attribution help needed

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  1. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Although this is a plea for information, by all means share your Septimius Severus provincials, Asklepios coins, and so on! This is show and tell.

    Severus Asklepios.jpg
    Septimius Severus
    Bithynia, Nicaea AD 193-211
    AE 20.5 mm, 5.63 gm
    Obv: ΑΥ ΚΛ CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC CEB, laureate head, r.
    Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head l., holding serpent-staff.
    Ref: RG 333.

    I have this coin of Sept. Severus and I don't have access to the relevant volumes of BMC, RPC,* SNG von Aulock, or Lindgren. It's not on Wildwinds and I can't find an example at acsearchinfo. Would anyone with access to these references for Nicaea in Bithynia be so kind as to let me know if this coin appears therein? Thanks in advance.

    I am, however, able to access the online version of RG book 1, volume 3 (page 440), where it is listed as #333, citing a retouched specimen in Milan, AE 21 with illegible obverse legend.
    Severus Asklepios RG listing.JPG

    I guess what I'm trying to ascertain is how rare this thing might be. Is there another example online anywhere? If the RG is the only citation for this coin, then that would mean that the obverse inscription is only attested by my particular example.



    *Unfortunately, RPC volumes V and VI are not at the online version of RPC.
     
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  3. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Oh, man, way out of my bailiwick. I have a Septimus Severus, but my attribution is terrible...

    RI Septimus Severus 193-211 AR Denarius Genius Sacrificing Obv-Rev.jpg
    RI Septimus Severus 193-211 AR Denarius Genius Sacrificing
     
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  4. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Septimius Severus Laedocian Mint.jpg
    Septimius Severus
    AR Denarius
    Laedocian Mint.
     
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  5. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Can't help, but its a neat coin.
     
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  6. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Sorry. I can't be of any assistance. But how about this Sep Sev:
    Septimius Severus 18.jpg
    SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS I-I laureate head right
    REVERSE: SAECVL FELICIT dot,
    seven stars & crescent
    Struck at Emesa, 194-195 AD
    2.95g, 17.5mm
    RIC 417

    or this one from Alexandria
    Septimius Severus 6.jpg
    SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG, his laureate head rt
    REVERSE: BONI EVENTVS, Boni Eventus standing left holding basket of fruit & corn ears
    Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 194 AD
    2.04g. 16.5mm.
    RIC 347
     
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