RPC VI, 30357 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30357 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕ[ΞΑ]ΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [...]ΟϹ ΚΟΡΗ Ο (?) ΙϹΟΠΥΘΙΟϹ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition [---]ος Κόρη ὁ Ἰσοπύθιος Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation [---]os Kore, the Isopythian (contest), of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design draped busts of laureate Alexander, right, and diademed(?) Julia Mamaea, left, facing each other, within a wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.39 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the difficult (and uncertain) reverse legend, compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/62031 (now  attributed to this period).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Numismatik Naumann, Auction 113, February 2022, lot 440