RPC VI, 6628 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6628 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐT ΡΞΒ = 162
Dating 225/226
Obverse inscription ΑΤ (sic) Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Α<ὐ>τ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) 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 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ (sometimes retrograde N) Ε(Τ) ΡΞΒ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ρξβʹ
Translation of the Trebizondians, year 162
Reverse design Mithras on horseback advancing, right; to right, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 82
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.10 Wojan, Trapezonte 82a
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41447 Wojan, Trapezonte 82b