RPC VI, 7081 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7081 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ ΑΝ ϹΕΟ ΑΔ ΜΗΤ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ Γ Π Β Α Μ Κ
Edition Ἀλεξανδριανῆς Ἀντωνινιανῆς Σεουηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς μητρόπολις Ταρσοῦ γʹ πατρῷος βʹ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης Ἀλεξανδρ(ιανῆς) Ἀν(τωνινιανῆς) Σεο(υηριανῆς) Ἁδ(ριανῆς) μητ(ρόπολις) Ταρσοῦ γʹ π(ατρῷος) βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation ancestral metropolis of Alexandrian Antonine Severan Hadrianic Tarsus, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the first, greatest, most beautiful
Reverse design Apollo Lykeios standing facing, nude, on omphalos, head left, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 27.93 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 211, SNG France 1576, Levante S1 276
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,0820.34 BMC 211
2 2     P: 1342 SNG 1576
3 3     ✸ Mu: 21968
4 4     CNG EA 286, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 246
5 5     Levante S1 276
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 113, 28 Sept. 2023, lot 605