RPC VI, 30556 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition ἔτ(ους) ξσϛʹ
Translation of year 266
Obverse design draped bust Dionysus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙΣΟΥ ΕΛΕΥ(ΘΕΡΑϹ)
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας
Translation of free Amisus
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
Average weight 6.28 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 61-61a, Dalaison 2017, Amisos 25-26
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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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