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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Africa| > RP89294
Sabratha, Syrtica, North Africa, c. 8 - 14 A.D., Augustus Reverse
|Roman| |Africa|, |Sabratha,| |Syrtica,| |North| |Africa,| |c.| |8| |-| |14| |A.D.,| |Augustus| |Reverse|,
Sabratha is on the Mediterranean coast about 66 km west of Tripoli, Libya. It was a Tyrian or Carthaginian settlement, the farthest of the west of the three chief cities of Syrtica, with a prosperous harbor. It became a colony in the second century A.D., perhaps under Trajan. Septimius Severus was born nearby in Leptis Magna, and Sabratha reached its peak under the Severans. The city was badly damaged by earthquakes in the 4th century, particularly the quake of 365. Within a hundred years of the Arab conquest of the Maghreb, trade had shifted to other ports and Sabratha dwindled to a village.Roman Theater of Sabratha
RP89294. Bronze AE 24, RPC I 815, Müller Afrique 57, SNG Cop 41, De Luynes 3726, Alexandropoulos 43b, F, dark near black patina, some earthen deposits, scratches, pit (flan flaw?) on reverse, Syrtica mint, weight 7.680g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 180o, c. 8 - 14 A.D.; obverse neo-Punic inscription behind: (SBRT'N), bust of Serapis right, neo-Punic inscription under neck: (ZY•MS); reverse CAESAR (downward behind), bare head of Augustus right, lituus before; rare; SOLD










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