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)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ Ε ΡΞΓ
Edition Τραπεζουσίων ἔ(τους) ρξγʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, year 163
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
Average weight 12.59 g
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