RPC VI, 6872 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6872 (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 Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding cubit rule and raising hand to pluck chiton; at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.52 g
Axis 12
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis 106
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Duisburg Karbach, Eirenopolis 106.3 = Ziegler 1344 = Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 753
2 2     Karbach, Eirenopolis 106.1 = Falghera 1927
3 3     Karbach, Eirenopolis 106.2 = Levante 1619
4 4     Karbach, Eirenopolis 106.4 = Falghera 1928
5 5     CGT coll. ex Münzhandlung Ritter, ex Ferdinand Burbach Coll. = Karbach, Eirenopolis 106.5 = Ziegler 1345
6 6     CGT coll.