RPC VI, 7090 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7090 (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(Ο) Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σεουη(ριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδριανῆς) μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρσο(ῦ) 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 wolves by forelegs in each hand; on either side, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.80 g
Axis 1
Reference Levante 1088
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Hirsch 258, 25 Sept. 2008, lot 2634
3 3     Levante 1088
4 4     ✸ Roma Numismatics 2, Nov. 2013, 419 = Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 267