RPC VI, 6535 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6535 (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 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 ΝΕΟΚΕϹΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, ΙΕΡΟΥ, ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ Τ ΡΞΓ
Reverse design front view of two temples with four columns with globe in each pediment, each surmounted by agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.61 g
Axis 12
Reference Çizmeli 247
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1874/58 Rec 40 = Çizmeli 247a
2 2     Cop: 217 Çizmeli 247d
3 3     Çizmeli 247b = Pontica I, 5, 1, 29 (Tokat hoard)
4 4     Çizmeli 247c = Pontica I, 5, 1, 28 (Tokat hoard)
5 5     ✸ Mark Thomas
6 6     Künker eLive 48, 27 Feb. 2018, lot 248
7 7     Künker eLive 40, 18 May 2016, lot 7741