RPC VI, 30562 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30562 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐT ƐΟΡ = 175
Dating 225/226
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΕΙΡ]ΗΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ[Ν Ε]ΟΡ
Reverse design uncertain figure (male? female?) deity seated left, holding patera and uncertain object; to left, uncertain vertical object; to right, uncertain object (tree?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.18 g
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The date could be 174: the obv. die was used in both years.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG E13, 2 Oct. 2002, lot 60598, via wildwinds