RPC VI, 5669 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5669 (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 Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Augustus
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 Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.77 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference vA Phryg. 379–84
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1870,1003.35 BMC 12 = GM 741, 709 = vA Phryg. 382
2 2     P: 1395 vA Phryg. 383
3 3     B: I-B.1900 vA Phryg. 380
4 4     B: L.1906 vA Phryg. 379
5 5     C vA Phryg. 384
6 6     vA Phryg. 381
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
9 9     ✸ Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1266
10 10     CNG EA 462, 26 Feb. 2020, lot 232
11 11     Astarte Young Collectors 3, 20 Apr. 2024, lot 242