RPC VI, 5665 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5665 (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 ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) 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 ΥΡΓΑΛΕΩΝ ΤΟ ΤϚ
Edition Ὑργαλέων τὸ τϛ
Translation of the Hyrgaleians, in the year 306
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding long torch and corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.29 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA Phryg. 372–5
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0716.175 BMC 11 = GM 741, 706 = vA Phryg. 373
2 2     L: 1979,0101.2255 vA 8387 = vA Phryg. 372
3 3     A: MN51/5907ε vA Phryg. 374
4 4     ✸ Boston: 65.552 vA Phryg. 375
5 5     Savoca EA 95 Silver, 14 Feb. 2021, lot 367