RPC VI, 6469 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6469 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ СΚΘ = 229
Dating 226/227
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 Ν Π ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΕΤ ϹΚΘ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μητ(ροπόλεως) ν(εωκόρου) π(ρώτης) Πόντου ἔτ(ους) σκθʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 229
Reverse design Europa seated on bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.17 g
Axis 12
Reference Dalaison 583, Rec 106a corr.
Specimens 16 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.18 Dalaison 583e
2 2     P: 915 SNG 1024 = Dalaison 583g
3 3     NY: 1975.220.2 Dalaison 583f
4 4     Amasya: 73.24.1 Dalaison 583a
5 5     Amasya: 75.10.4 Dalaison 583b = Ireland 256
6 6     Amasya: 92.12.130 Dalaison 583c = Ireland 257
7 7     Ankara: 14.66/63.91 Dalaison 583d
8 8     CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 114
9 9     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 72
10 10     Dalaison 583h
11 11     Dalaison 583i = Hirsch 181, 1994, 776 = M&M 41, 1970, 332
12 12     Dalaison 583j = Lanz 30, 1984, 706
13 13     ✸ Dalaison 583k = Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 595
14 14     Dalaison 583l = Peus 366, 2000, 506
15 15     CGT coll. = Lindgren I, 18
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 236, 7 Mar. 2016, lot 328