RPC VI, 6531 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6531 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue 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 ΝΕΟΚΑΙ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ ΕΤ ΡΞΓ
Reverse design front view of two temples with four columns with globe in each pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.31 g
Axis 12
Reference Çizmeli 246
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 84269 Çizmeli 246b
2 2     Çizmeli 246a (Leiden ex Rauch 1973, 109)
3 3     Çizmeli 246c = Horsch 155, 1987, 1238
4 4     Çizmeli 246d = CNG 31, 1994, 1238
5 5     Çizmeli 246e
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 330
7 7     CGT coll. = Art Coins Roma EA 19, 25 Sept. 2014, lot 511
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.