RPC VI, 6494 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6494 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue AN CCXCIIII = 294
Dating 224/5
Obverse inscription SEV ALEXAND AV
Edition Severus Alexander Augustus Sev(erus) Alexand(er) Au(gustus)
Translation Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F S A CCXCIIII
Edition Colonia Iulia Felix Sinope anno CCXCIIII C(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) a(nno) CCXCIIII
Translation colony of Julia Felix Sinope, in the year 294
Reverse design fish
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.75 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 147
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,1226.342 BMC 60 = Rec 147.1
2 2     V: GR 05044
3 3     Freiburg: 11515
4 4     Istanbul: 762/638
5 5     Rec 147.2
6 6     Freiburg: 14039