RPC VI, 6876 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6876 (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 Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΔΟΡ
Edition Εἰρηνοπολιτῶν δορʹ
Translation of the Irenopolitans, 174
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, facing Nike standing on globe, right, holding palm branch and wreath; at Tyche's feet, river god Pyramos swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.64 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis 125
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 645 SNG 2267 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 125.3
2 2     B: I-B1900 Karbach, Eirenopolis 125.4 = GM 206, 3
3 3     C SNG 5255 = Leake S. 61, 4 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 125.5
4 4     NY: 1944.100.54069 Karbach, Eirenopolis 125.2
5 5     Antakya: 11 Butcher, Hatay 232 = Karbach, Eirenopolis 125.7
6 6     Karbach, Eirenopolis 125.1
7 7     A-KIKPE Karbach, Eirenopolis 125.6 = SNG Pfalz 646
8 8     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 645
9 9     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget Auction 9, 20 June 2020, lot 437
10 10     Leeds-UL: 1559
11 11     ✸ Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 289