RPC VI, 6479 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6479 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ СΛΔ = 234
Dating 231/232
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΝ Π ΠΟ ΕΤ ϹΛΔ
Edition Ἁδ(ριανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλε(ξανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μη(τροπόλεως) ν(εωκόρου) π(ρώτης) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) σλδʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, of year 234
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.88 g
Axis 2
Reference Dalaison 605
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1670 SNG 1031 = Dalaison 605b
2 2     ✸ B: 1934/222 Dalaison 605a