RPC VI, 7080 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7080 (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 ΑΔΡ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞ ΜΗΤΡ ΤΑΡϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σεουη(ριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδριανῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρσ(οῦ) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of the Hadrianic Severan Alexandrian metropolis of Tarsus, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Apollo Lykeios standing facing, nude, on omphalos, holding bow and wolf by forelegs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 26.36 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference SNG France 1574
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note For Apollo Patroos (rather than Lykeios) see: https://www.academia.edu/1244128/APOLLO_LYKEIOS_ON_TARSUS_COINS_A_REASSESSMENT_2015
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1348 SNG 1574
2 2     P: 1348A
3 3     NY: 1977.24.4
5 5     Hirsch 261, 7 May 2009, lot 780 = Hirsch 264, 25 Nov. 2009, lot 664 = Hirsch 258, 25 Sept. 2008, lot 2634
6 6     Florence: 35726/49 Firenze, Medaglioni, p. 64 no. 52
7 7     Florence: 35726/49 Firenze, Medaglioni p. 64, no. 52 ('Libya')