RPC VI, 6640 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6640 (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 ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(ΡΟϹ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ (or ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ) (or ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ) Ε ΡΞΓ
Reverse design Mithras on horseback advancing, right; to right, altar; to left, tree with raven on top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 91–6, Rec 35
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1403 SNG 1955 = Wojan, Trapezonte 94
2 2     P: 463 SNG 1956 = Wojan, Trapezonte 96c
3 3     ✸ B: I-B1900 Rec 35 = GM 583, 76 = Wojan, Trapezonte 96b
4 4     B: I-B1900 Wojan, Trapezonte 93a
5 5     Ankara: 61-36/9.78 Wojan, Trapezonte 91a
6 6     St Petersburg Rec 35 = Wojan, Trapezonte 95
7 7     Warsaw: 2619.1201 Wojan, Trapezonte 93b
8 8     V-ON Wojan, Trapezonte 91b = SNG Leypold 65
9 9     Wojan, Trapezonte 92 = Lanz 78, 1996, 818
10 10     A Wojan, Trapezonte 96a (Evelpidis Coll.)
11 11     Casey 218