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 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 τϛ
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 36 mm
Average weight 20.61 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 1987.36