RPC VI, 6467 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6467 (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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤ (or ΜΗΤ) ΝΕ(Ω) ΠΡ (or ΠΡ) Π(ΟΝ) ΕΤ ϹΚΗ
Reverse design city view of Amasea: temple with four columns and altar on the summit of a rock, surrounded by fortifications; at foot, temple with four columns and tomb(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Reference Dalaison 580–2, Rec 102
Specimens 20 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1806,0602.12 BMC 38 = Dalaison 580d
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1170 Dalaison 580e
3 3     B: 1893/1025 Dalaison 580b
4 4     NY: 1944.100.41218 Dalaison 581c
5 5     Amasya: 95.6.1 Ireland 232 = Dalaison 580a
6 6     Amasya: S.66.3.1 Dalaison 581a
7 7     Boston: 1986.252 Dalaison 581b
8 8     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 542
9 9     Dalaison 580c = vA 44
10 10     Dalaison 580f = Bankhaus Auf, 13, 1997, 450
11 11     Dalaison 580g = CNG 31, 1994, 1233
12 12     Dalaison 580h =Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 504
13 13     Dalaison 580i
14 14     Dalaison 580j = Price/Trell 159
15 15     Dalaison 581d = G&M 76, 1996, 306
16 16     Dalaison 581e = Schulten Apr. 1989, 497
17 17     Dalaison 582 = M&M 333, 1972, 31 = Leu 25, 1980, 374
18 18     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9346
19 19     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 30, 5 Apr. 2015, lot 302
20 20     Bern: N/97.83