RPC VI, 7079 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7079 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Π Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander, Father of the Homeland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΜΗΤ ΑΔΡ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Ἀλεξαν(δριανῆς) μητ(ροπόλεως) Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, Alexandrian metropolis, Hadrianic, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding spear with shield and patera over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 24.48 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Legend largely incomplete
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 101096