RPC VI, 6528 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεο(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΚΟΙ?] ΠΟ ΝΕΟΚΕϹΑ (sic) ΜΗΤΡΟ [...], ΙΕΡΟΥ, ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ ΕΤ ΡΞΓ
Edition Κοι(νὸν) Πό(ντου) Νεοκεσα(ρέων) μητρο(πόλεως) [---] ἱεροῦ δὶς νεωκόρω(ν) ἔτ(ος) ρξγʹ
Translation Koinon of Pontus, of the Neocaesareans, metropolis [---] sacred, twice neocorate, year 163
Reverse design prize table holding two agonistic crowns each with one palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.71 g
Axis 12
Reference Çizmeli 253
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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