RPC VI, 6855 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6855 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Iotape
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καίσ(αρα) Μᾶρ(κον) Σεου(ῆρον) Ἀλέξανδρον
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙωΤΑΠΕΙΤωΝ
Edition Ἰωταπειτῶν
Translation of the Iotapeans
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head left, quiver on shoulder, holding laurel branch and long stick
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante, Iotape 17–9
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 627 SNG 680 = Levante, Iotape 18
2 2     B: B-I1928 Levante, Iotape 19 = RSN 1908, 209, 1
3 3     B: Löbbecke 1906 Levante, Iotape 17 = ZfN 10, 80, 39 = GM 209, 1
4 4     SDB coll.
5 5     Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1119