RPC VI, 30948 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30948 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΟϹ = 277
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧ ΜΕ ΟΙΚ Κ ΑϹΚ(ΛΗ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Ἀλέξανδρον ἀρχιερέα μέγιστον οἰκουμένης? καὶ Ἀσκληπίου Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Ἀλέξανδρον ἀρχ(ιερέα) μ(έγιστον) οἰκ(ουμένης?) κ(αὶ) Ἀσκλη(πίου)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Alexander, greatest chief priest of the world and of Asclepius
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding eagle-tipped serpent-staff in left hand and globe (?) in right hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription Μ Ε Π Θ Ι ΑϹ, ΑΙΓΕΩΝ ΝΕωΚΟΡΟΥ ΝΕΟΥ
Edition Μακεδονικῆς εὐγενοῦς πιστῆς θεοφιλοῦς ἱερὸς Ἀσκληπίειος Αἰγέων νεοκόρου νέου Μ(ακεδονικῆς) ε(ὐγενοῦς) π(ιστῆς) θ(εοφιλοῦς) ἱ(ερὸς) Ἀσ(κληπίειος) Αἰγέων νεοκόρου νέου
Translation of the Macedonian, noble, faithful, neocorate, dear to the gods, sacred, Asclepian, of the Aegeans, new neocorate
Reverse design inscription in wreath, punctuated with small busts
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 23.70 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The obv. indicates that the coin dates from year 277. The significance of the reverse legends is unclear: ΝƐⲰΚΟΡΟΥ ΝƐΟΥ = 'new neocorate'?;  Μ Ɛ Π Θ is normally followed by the date (ΖΟ Ϲ ) but the coin seems to read Μ Ɛ Π Θ Ι Α Ϲ, which perhaps =  ΙƐ ΑϹ (cf.  ΙƐ ΑϹΚ on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/55864)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Florence: 35726/40 Firenze, Medaglioni, p. 57, no. 46