RPC VI, 6513 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6513 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ СΝΓ = 253
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤ ϹΝΓ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους σνγʹ Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτ(ους) σνγʹ
Translation of free Amisus, of year 253
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus(?) over altar at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.97 g
Axis 6
Reference Malloy 183, Rec 128a
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1199 SNG 1589 = Rec 128a
2 2     V: GR 31623