RPC VI, 11009 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 11009 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander, Father of the Homeland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞ [ ] Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Σεουηριανῆς Ἀλεξανδριανῆς --- αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σεουη(ριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδριανῆς) [---] αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of the Hadrianic Severan Alexandrian [---] the first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Apollo Lykeios standing facing, nude, on omphalos, holding bow and wolf by forelegs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 22.81 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note For Apollo Patroos (rather than Lykeios) see: https://www.academia.edu/1244128/APOLLO_LYKEIOS_ON_TARSUS_COINS_A_REASSESSMENT_2015

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
6 6     ✸ Tahberer coll.