RPC VI, 6491 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6491 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue AN CCXCIIII = 294
Dating 224/5
Obverse inscription IMP SEV ALEXAND
Edition Imp(erator) Sev(erus) Alexand(er)
Translation Emperor Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F S A CCXCIIII
Edition C(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) a(nno) CCXCIIII
Translation Colony of Julia Felix Sinope, in the year 294
Reverse design Sarapis reclining on lectisternium, left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.25 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Rec 148a-b
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Rauch Rec 148a.2 = Drexler, NZ 21, 1889, 9
2 2     ✸ V: GR 15390 Rec 148a.1
3 3     Istanbul: 4430
4 4     Milan Rec 148a.3
5 5     Lindgren I, 93
6 6     Rec 148a.4
7 7     Rec 148b