RPC VI, 6554 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6554 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ΡΟΑ = 171
Dating 234/235
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕ[...] ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤΟ ΙϹΑΚΤΙΟϹ ΕΤ ΡΟΑ
Edition μητρ(όπολις) Νε[---] Κοι(νὸν) Πό(ντου) Ἰσάκτιος ἔτ(ος) ροαʹ
Translation the metropolis Neocaesarea[---], Koinon of Pontus, Isactian (games), year 171
Reverse design prize table with curved legs holding one agonistic crown with two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.09 g
Axis 6
Reference Çizmeli 280, 286
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Ankara: 63-17/15-95 Çizmeli 280
2 2     Bern: N/82.572 SNG 572 = Çizmeli 286
3 3     Savoca 141 Blue, 27 Aug. 2022, lot 726
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 111, 24 Aug. 2023, lot 719