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Image of specimen #6 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6874 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 6874 (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 |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 14.32 g |
Axis | 6, 12 |
Reference | Karbach, Eirenopolis 123–4 |
Specimens | 9 (4 in the core collections) |