RPC VI, 6537 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6537 (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 ΚΟΙΝ ΠΟ ΝΕΟΚΕϹ (sic) [...], ΙΕΡΟΥ, ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ ΕΤ ΡΞΓ
Reverse design prize table holding two agonistic crowns each with one palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.89 g
Axis 12
Reference Çizmeli 250
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906 Rec 42 = Çizmeli 250a
2 2     Amasya: 84.137 Çizmeli 250c = Ireland 1344
3 3     Çizmeli 250b
4 4     Aquila 4, 19 Aug. 2022, lot 760