RPC VI, 6470 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6470 (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 ΑΛΕ(Ξ) ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤΡ (or ΜΗΤ) ΝΕ ΠΡ Π(Ο) ΕΤ ϹΚΘ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μητρ(οπόλεως) νε(ωκόρου) πρ(ώτης) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) σκθʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 229
Reverse design front view of quadriga driven by a radiate charioteer, holding whip and raising hand; below, eagle facing with spread wings, head left, over an altar; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.59 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Dalaison 584–5, Rec 104 corr.
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 15063 Dalaison 584c
2 2     Amasya: 75.9.19 Dalaison 585g = Ireland 237
3 3     Amasya: 92.12.138 Dalaison 584a
4 4     Ankara Dalaison 586
5 5     Ankara: 21 Dalaison 584b
6 6     Bern SNG 553 = Dalaison 585a
7 7     Yale Dalaison 585b
8 8     CNG 237, 2010, 71
9 9     Dalaison 584d = Hirsch 202, 2998, 518 = Hirsch 191, 1996, 1333
10 10     Dalaison 585e = Falghera 771
11 11     Dalaison 585f = Lindgren I, A17A
12 12     Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 895
13 13     ✸ Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 363