RPC VI, 6885 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6885 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐT ƐΟΡ = 175
Dating 225/226
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 ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΙ(Τ) ΕΟΡ
Edition Εἰρηνοπολιτ(ῶν) εορʹ
Translation of the Irenopolitans, 175
Reverse design front view of quadriga driven by Helios standing facing radiate, head left, holding whip and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.98 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Reference Karbach, Eirenopolis 128
Specimens 16 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 Karbach, Eirenopolis 128.2
2 2     NY: 1975.220.9 Karbach, Eirenopolis 128.1
3 3     CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 649 = CNG EA 475, 26 Aug. 2020, lot 476
4 4     Karbach, Eirenopolis 128.3 = vA 5595
5 5     Karbach, Eirenopolis 128.4 = Münzzentrum 1989, 67, 1587
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 647
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     ✸ Savoca EA 108 Silver, 31 July 2021, lot 315
10 10     CNG EA 501, 6 Oct. 2021, lot 207 = CNG EA 507, 5 Jan. 2022, lot 267
11 11     Leu EA 13, 15 Aug. 2020, lot 918 = Auctiones GmbH e 50, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 132
12 12     Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 374
13 13     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 323
14 14     Rosenberger, Eastern Palestine Medaba 13
15 15     CNG 121, 6 Oct. 2022, lot 693
16 16     Biga EA 20, 10 June 2023, lot 449