RPC VI, 6476 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6476 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ СΛΔ = 234
Dating 231/232
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΕΗΡΟϹ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σε<ου>ῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΝ (or ΜΗ Ν) Π(Ρ) Π ΕΤ ϹΛΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλ(εξανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μη(τροπόλεως) ν(εωκόρου) πρ(ώτης) Π(όντου) ἔτ(ους) σλδʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 234
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 weight 22.94 g
Axis 12
Reference Dalaison 648–50
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amasya: 86.3.1 Dalaison 648
2 2     ✸ Dalaison 649 = Myers 2, 11 May 1972, lot 111
3 3     Dalaison 650