RPC VI, 6610 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6610 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Cerasus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐT ΡΞΒ = 162
Dating 225/226
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΕΡΑϹΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΡΞΒ
Edition Κερασούντιων ἔτ(ους) ρξβʹ
Translation of the Cerasuntians, of year 162
Reverse design Athena(?) seated on throne, left, wearing helmet, holding spear and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.91 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Wojan, Kerasonte 34–5, Rec 11
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1334 Wojan, Kerasonte 34b
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.43185 Wojan, Kerasonte 35
3 3     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH > Auction 13, Oct. 2003, 256
4 4     Wojan, Kerasonte 34c = Schulten 11–12, 1988, 646
5 5     Rec 11.1 = Wojan, Kerasonte 34a
7 7     Münzzentrum Rheinland 196, 21 - 23 Sept. 2022, lot 192 = Emporium Hamburg 102, 8 May 2023, lot 416