RPC VI, 7089 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7089 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Πατὴρ Πατρίδος 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 ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙ ΜΗΤΡ ΤΑΡ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Σεουηριανῆς Ἀλεξανδριανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σεουη(ριανῆς) Ἀλεξανδρι(ανῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρ(σοῦ) 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 turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 24.46 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG France 1583, Ziegler, Münzen 737
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.12
2 2     P: 1344 SNG 1583
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 271
4 4     Ziegler, Münzen 737