RPC VI, 30556 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30556 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue Year ϹΞϚ = 266
Dating 234/235
Obverse inscription ΕΤ ϹΞϚ
Obverse design draped bust Dionysus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙΣΟΥ ΕΛΕΥ(ΘΕΡΑϹ)
Reverse design cista mystica with half-open lid, from which serpent issues right; behind cista, thyrsus slanting l
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 61-61a, Dalaison 2017, Amisos 25-26
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1267 SNG 1463
2 2     SNG vA 6735
2 2     P: 306 Wa 38 = SNG 1464
3 3     P: 307 SNG 1465
4 4     CNG EA 541, 28 June 2023, lot 309
5 5     Münzzentrum Rheinland 201, 15–16 May 2024, lot 155