RPC VI, 6632 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6632 (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 Ε(Τ) ΡΞΒ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ρξβʹ
Translation of the Trebizondians, year 162
Reverse design Mithras on horseback advancing, right; to right, altar; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.78 g
Axis 6, 10, 12
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 76–8
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 31227 Wojan, Trapezonte 76b
2 2     V: GR 31624 Wojan, Trapezonte 77
3 3     Bern SNG 592 = Wojan, Trapezonte 78a
4 4     Helsinki SNG 123 = Wojan, Trapezonte 76a
5 5     Madrid Wojan, Trapezonte 77b
6 6     Wojan, Trapezonte 76c = vA 6787