RPC VI, 6565 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6565 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐT (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹ ΜΗ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚ ΕΤ [...]
Edition Νεοκαισαρείας μητροπόλεως δὶς νεωκόρων ἔτους --- Νεοκαισ(αρείας) μη(τροπόλεως) δὶς νεωκ(όρων) ἔτ(ους) [---]
Translation of Neocaesarea, metropolis, twice neocorate, year [---]
Reverse design front view of two temples with four columns with shield(?) in each pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.18 g
Axis 2
Reference Çizmeli 287
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 1989/24 Çizmeli 287a
2 2     Çizmeli 287b = Schulten Apr. 1989, 498