RPC VI, 6465 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6465 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ СΚΗ = 228
Dating 225/226
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤ ΝΕ ΠΡ ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ϹΚΗ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff, and Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.66 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Dalaison 565, Rec 103
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 158 SNG 1016 = Wa 19 = Rec 103 = Dalaison 565d
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41217 Dalaison 565c
4 4     Amasya: 95.4.4 Dalaison 565a = Ireland 233
5 5     CNG EA 115, 25 May 2005, lot 221
6 6     Dalaison 565e
7 7     Dalaison 565f
8 8     Dalaison 565g = Peus 366, 2000, 503
9 9     CGT coll. = Savoca Auction 17, 30 July 2017, lot 360
10 10     Naville Numismatics 93, 15 Dec. 2024, lot 276