RPC VI, 7088 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7088 (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 Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΔΡ[...] ΜΗΤΡΟ ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΠΑΤΡΩΟϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἀλεξανδριανῶν Ἁδρ--- μητρόπολις Ταρσέων πατρῷος αʹ μέγιστη κάλλιστη γʹ βʹ Ἀλεξανδριανῶν Ἁδρ[---] μητρό(πολις) Ταρσέων πατρῷος αʹ μ(έγιστη) κ(άλλιστη) γʹ βʹ
Translation the ancestral metropolis of the Alexandrian Hadrianic[---] Tarsians, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Perseus standing, right, holding harpa and small statue of Apollo Lykeios, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand, and fisherman standing facing, head left, holding a fishing line on which a fish and a basket are hung
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 27.81 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1574
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1347 SNG 1574 = Wa 4654
2 2     C: Lewis SNG 1746
3 3     Boston: 64.288