RPC VI, 5661 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5661 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Hyrgaleis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year TϚ = 306
Dating AD 222
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion and aegis(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΡΓΑΛΕΩΝ ΤΟ ΤϚ
Edition Ὑργαλέων τὸ τϛʹ Ὑργαλέων τὸ τϛʹ
Translation of the Hyrgaleians, in the year 306
Reverse design Mithras(?) on horse prancing, right, with double axe; to right, tree around which serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.44 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 1987.36
2 2     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 20, 2 Apr. 2025, lot 443