RPC VI, 6638 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6638 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Orbiana (Augusta)
Issue Ɛ(Τ) ΡΞΓ = 163
Dating 226/227
Obverse inscription ΟΡΒ ϹΑΛΟΥ ΟΡΒΙΑΝ(Η) (or ΟΡΒΙΑΝΗΝ) ΑΥ(Γ)
Edition Ὀρβ(ιανὴ) Σαλου(στία) Ὀρβιανή Αὐγ(ούστα)
Translation Orbiana Salustia Orbiana Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Orbiana, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ (or ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ retrograde Ζ) Ε ΡΞΓ
Edition Τραπεζουσίων ἔ(τους) ρξγʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, year 163
Reverse design Mithras on horseback advancing, right; (to left, tree;) to right, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 104–7, Rec 41 and var.
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.58 Wojan, Trapezonte 104
2 2     P: 465 SNG 1962 = Rec 41 = Wojan, Trapezonte 105
3 3     B: I-B1900 Rec 41 = ZfN 20, 1897, 266, 2 = Wojan, Trapezonte 106
4 4     ✸ CNG 88, Sept. 2011, lot 839 = Sternberg 11, Nov. 1981, lot 242
5 5     Wojan, Trapezonte 107 = Sternberg 11, 1981, 242
6 6     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 236
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 99, 7 July 2022, lot 839
8 8     CGT coll.