RPC VI, 6468 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6468 (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 ΑΛΕΞ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤ ΝΕ Π Π, ΕΤ ϹΚΗ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μητ(ροπόλεως) νε(ωκόρου) π(ρώτης) Π(όντου) ἔτ(ους) σκηʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 228
Reverse design prospect view of Amasia; male figure (Heracles?) standing, right, building fortifications all around him; above, temple with four columns; behind, club(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.48 g
Axis 7
Reference Dalaison 587
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

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