RPC VI, 6483 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6483 (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 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 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 24.40 g
Axis 12
Reference Dalaison 609
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amasya: 79.4.457 Dalaison 609b = Ireland 254
2 2     Numismatik Naumann 140, 5–6 May 2024, lot 392 = Dalaison 609a = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 510
3 3     ✸ Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 711