RPC VI, 7082 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7082 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ Π Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρ(ος) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander, Father of the Homeland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΜΗΤΡ ΤΑΡϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σεουηρ(ιανῆς) Ἀλεξαν(δριανῆς) 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 standing facing, head left, holding branch and chlamys with bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 25.81 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1581
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1343 SNG 1581
2 2     B: I-B1900 Mi S. VII, 274, 474
3 3     ✸ B: L1906
4 4     ArtCRoma 4, Dec. 2011, 266 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 266