RPC VI, 6525 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6525 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΞΓ = 163
Dating 226/7
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Ἀ(ύτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΠΟ ΝΕΟΚ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ ΕΤ ΡΞΓ
Edition Κοι(νὸν) Πό(ντου) Νεοκ(αισάρεια) μητρό(πολις) δὶς νεωκόρ(ος) ἔτ(ους) ρξγʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, Neocaesarea, metropolis, twice neocorate, of year 163
Reverse design front view of a two-storey nymphaeum, holding a statue of Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.89 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 99, 13 May 2015, lot 441
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1771
3 3     Nomos obolos 19, 8 May 2021, lot 545