RPC VI, 6482 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6482 (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 ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗ Ν Π Π (or ΝΠ sic) ΕΤ ϹΛΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλε(ξανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μη(τροπόλεως) ν(εωκόρου) π(ρώτης) Π(όντου) ἔτ(ους) σλδʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, of year 234
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.53 g
Axis 2, 6
Reference Dalaison 588–9, Rec 109a corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 889 SNG 1025 = Rec 109a = Dalaison 588
2 2     Ankara: 86.1.76 Dalaison 589a
3 3     ✸ Dalaison 589b = Sternberg 11, 1981, 239 = CNG Triton III, 30 Nov. 1999, lot 762 = Leu 54, 1992, lot 289