RPC VI, 6875 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6875 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ(ΟΥϹ) ΔΟΡ = 174
Dating 224/225
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 ΔΟΡ
Edition Εἰρηνοπολιτῶν ἔτους δορʹ
Translation of the Irenopolitans, of year 174
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, right, wearing kalathos, facing draped bust of Isis, left, wearing basileion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.85 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis 122
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1970.142.717 Karbach, Eirenopolis 122.4
2 2     O
3 3     Bern SNG 1583 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 122.1
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 2409
5 5     Winterthur: 6744 Karbach, Eirenopolis 122.2
6 6     A-KIKPE Karbach, Eirenopolis 122.3 = SNG Pfalz 644
7 7     Karbach, Eirenopolis 122.5 (Kestner Museum Hannover K311)
8 8     CGT coll. ex Münzhandlung Ritter = Karbach, Eirenopolis 122.6
9 9     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 81 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4557
10 10     SNRIS Irenopolis 06a, 5 = Gorny & Mosch > Online Auction 247, Mar. 2017, 4557 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4557
11 11     SNRIS Irenopolis 06a, 7 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4558
12 12     Lindgren III, 853