RPC VI, 6869 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6869 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue year BΟΡ = 172
Dating 222/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΒΟΡ
Edition Εἰρηνοπολιτῶν ἔτους βορʹ
Translation of the Irenopolitans, of year 172
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff, and Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera; between them, Telesphorus standing facing, wearing mantle and hood
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.87 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis 109
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: N/82.1581 SNG 1581 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 109.2
2 2     ✸ Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 425
3 3     Karbach, Eirenopolis 109.1 = Cahn Frankfurt 1931, 71, 901
4 4     Karbach, Eirenopolis 109.3 = vA 5594
5 5     Leeds-UL: 968
6 6     Biga Numismatics EA 28, 2 Mar. 2024, lot 431