RPC VI, 6870


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6870 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6870 (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	ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΒΟΡ (or ΒΡΟ)
Edition	Εἰρηνοπολειτῶν ἔτους βορʹ
Translation	of the Irenopolitans, of year 172
Reverse design	prize crown
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	16.47 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	Karbach, Eirenopolis 110–1
Specimens	7 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Bern: N/82.1582	SNG 1582 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 111.2	29	12.25	11	Obv.: GIC 105 (laureate head r.)	Show
2	2	Münster LWL	Karbach, Eirenopolis 111.1	30	12.02	12	Obv.: GIC 105 (laureate head r.)	Show
3	3		Karbach, Eirenopolis 110.1	29	19.45	6	Burbach Coll.	Show
4	4 ✸		Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 236 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 110.2 = Levante 1617 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1105	27	18.40	6	Obv.: GIC 105 (laureate head r.)	Show
5	5		Karbach, Eirenopolis 110 = CNG Electronic Auction 112, Apr. 2005, 135 = CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 475	28	16.64	12	Obv.: GIC 105 (laureate head r.)	Show
6	6		Roma Numismatics EA 110, 3 Aug. 2023, lot 1023	33	23.76	6	Obv.: GIC 105 (laureate head r.)	Show
7	7		Ancient Numismatics Auctions 16, 24 Nov. 2024, lot 327	29.3	12.80		Obv.: GIC 270 (Tyche? standing)	Show