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
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
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