RPC VI, 10861 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10861 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΟϹ = 277
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧΙ ΜΕ ΑϹΚΛ (?)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Ἀλέξανδρον ἀρχι(ερέα) μέ(γιστον) Ἀσκλ(ηπίου)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Alexander, greatest chief priest of Asclepius
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding serpent-staff and patera(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription [..]ΠΙϹ ΘΕΟ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟ[...] ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ ΖΟϹ
Edition [---] πισ(τῆς) θεο(φιλοῦς) Ἀλεξανδρούπο[---] Αἰγαίων ζοσʹ
Translation [---] Alexandropolis, faithful, dear to the gods[---] of the Aegeaeans, 277
Reverse design the Emperor standing facing in military dress(?), head left, holding serpent-staff and patera over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 25.04 g
Reference Haymann, NC 180 (2020), p. 62 no. 7, reading ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧΙ[ ]ΑϹΚΛ[...], interpreting it to mean ἀρχιερεὺς (μέγιστος) Ἀσκληπίου
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Goethe Universität: G1ar plaster cast in Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)