RPC VI, 6634 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6634 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ (retrograde N) (or ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ) (Ε?)Τ ΡΞΒ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ρξβʹ
Translation of the Trebizondians, year 162
Reverse design Mithras on horseback advancing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.74 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 87–8
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

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