RPC VI, 6528 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6528 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡΞΓ = 163
Dating 226/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΟ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεου(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 ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟ ΝΕΟΚΕϹΑ (sic) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, ΙΕΡΟΥ, ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ Τ ΡΞΓ
Edition Κοινὸν Πόντου Νεοκαισάρειας μητροπόλεως ἱεροῦ δίς νεωκόρου τὸ ρξγʹ Κοιν(ὸν) Πό(ντου) Νεοκαισ(άρειας) μητροπό(λεως) ἱεροῦ δίς νεωκόρο(υ) τὸ ρξγʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, Neocaesarea, metropolis, sacred, twice neocorate, in the 163rd (year)
Reverse design prize table holding two agonistic crowns each with one palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.27 g
Axis 12
Reference Çizmeli 253
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1974.226.37 Çizmeli 253a
2 2     O Çizmeli 253b
3 3     Çizmeli 253c
4 4     Çizmeli 253d
5 5     CGT coll. = NBS EA 13, 31 July 2022, lot 481
6 6     Laud coll., ex Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 707
7 7     Hera Numismatics 5, 16 Feb. 2025, lot 293
8 8     Bay Numismatics EA 13, 10 May 2025, lot 565
9 9     Sanbyrn