RPC VI, 6558 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6558 (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 ΜΗ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ) ΝΕΟΚΕϹΑΡ(ΙΑ) (sic) ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡ) ΕΤ ΡΟΑ
Edition Μη(τροπόλεως) Νεοκεσαρία(ς) δὶς νεωκόρ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ροαʹ
Translation of Neocaesarea Metropolis, twice neocorate, of year 171
Reverse design front view of two temples with four columns with globe in each pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.02 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Çizmeli 261–2
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1290 SNG 1742 = Çizmeli 261b
2 2     B: L1906 Rec 44 = Çizmeli 262a
3 3     NY: 1975.220.3 Çizmeli 262c
4 4     Ankara: 1988.104-18 Çizmeli 261a
5 5     Çizmeli 261c = Pontica I, 8, 1, 13
6 6     Çizmeli 261d (Myers 28)
7 7     Çizmeli 261d = Waddell 51, 1991, 136 = Waddell 64, 1994, 99
8 8     Çizmeli 261e = Pontica I, 5, 1, 27
9 9     Çizmeli 261f = CNG 26, 1993, 587
10 10     Çizmeli 262b = Pontica I, 4, 1, 2
11 11     CGT coll. = VAuction 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 98
12 12     R. Becker coll. = Çizmeli 262a
13 13     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
14 14     Savoca EA 32 Silver, 14 Apr. 2019, lot 215
15 15     ✸ Nomos obolos 8, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 660
16 16     VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 98
17 17     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 408