RPC VI, 6636 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6636 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Ɛ(Τ) ΡΞΓ = 163
Dating 226/227
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (or ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ Ε ΡΞΓ
Reverse design Dionysus standing, facing head left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; to left, panther crouching down, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 5
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 98, Rec 36
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1404 SNG 1954 = Wojan, Trapezonte 98c
2 2     B: I-B1900 Rec 36 = Wojan, Trapezonte 98a (ZfN 20, 1897, 266, 1)
3 3     ✸ Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger Auction 253, Sept. 2007, 2635 = Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 322 = Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 383
4 4     Wojan, Trapezonte 98b = Lindgren I, 53