RPC VI, 30957 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30957 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙ ϹΕΥ [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust (of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΡ(?)[
Edition Ἰρ--- Ἰρ[---]
Translation Ir[---]
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, holding uncertain object (Nike?) in right hand, left hand on club, lion's skin over left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.79 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required: city not certain. The obverse looks similar to others at Irenopolis (especially https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/56764). The circular remains in the fields might be traces of a date?

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll.