RPC VI, 6534 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6534 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ΡΞΓ = 163
Dating 226/227
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Ἀ(ύτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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 ΚΟΙ ΠΟ ΝΕΟΚ(Ε) 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 28 mm
Average weight 14.48 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Çizmeli 255 and var
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1972.922 SNG 1738 = Çizmeli 255a
2 2     Çizmeli 255b = Pontica I, 6, 1, 11 (Tokat hoard)
3 3     ✸ Solidus Online 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 177
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca 25 Blue, 27 Oct. 2019, lot 1222
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1746