RPC VI, 7078 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7078 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Αλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ Α Μ Κ Γ Β ΠΑΤΡΩΟϹ
Edition Ἀλεξανδρ(ιανῶν) Ἀντωνι(νιανῶν) Σευη(ριανῶν) Ἁδρια(νῶν) μητρό(πολις) Ταρσέων αʹ μ(έγιστη) κ(άλλιστη) γʹ βʹ πατρῷος
Translation the ancestral metropolis of the Alexandrian Antonine Severan Hadrianic Tarsians, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design sacrificial scene with female figure standing, right, holding torch, before garlanded altar surrounded by two attendants and Perseus, holding patera and harpa, all standing, left; in the background, statue of Apollo Lykeios standing facing on column, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand; before the altar, bull kneeling, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 27.94 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1573, SNG vA 6027, Levante 1087
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1339 SNG 1573 = Wa 4655
2 2     B: 412/1933
3 3     Mu: 26832
4 4     Künker 182, 14 Mar. 2011, lot 825
5 5     ✸ vA 6027 = Levante 1087 = CNG 93, May 2013, 918 = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 705