RPC VI, 11057 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 11057 (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 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 ΑΔΡΙ ϹΕΟΥΗ[ ]Ε[ ]ΤΑΡϹΟϹ Η[...] Γ Μ, ΕΛΕY ΚΟΙΝOB TΕTΙΜΜΕΝΗ
Edition Ἁδρι(ανὴ) Σεουῆ[---]ε[---] Ταρσὸς ἡ[---] γʹ μ(έγιστης) ἐλεύ(θερον) κοινοβ(ούλιον) τετιμ<η>μένη
Translation Hadrianic, Severan[---]e[---]Tarsus, [---] of the 3 (eparchies), greatest, free koinoboulion, honoured
Reverse design Kiliarch crown with a NIke and twelve imperial heads enclosing inscription; above inscription, palm (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 28.72 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reading and interpretation of the rev. inscription are uncertain. The inscription in the wreath seems to mean the same as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/54848 ΚΟΙΝΟΒΟ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΝ; TƐTΙΜΜƐΝΗ = 'honoured with'

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ FLK Coll. 2086 = Berk 60, 1990, lot 471