RPC VI, 7092 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7092 (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 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 ΔωΡΕΑ ΤΑΡϹω ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ Γ Π Β Α Μ Κ
Reverse design ship sailing, left; below, two dolphins holding Demiurgos wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.15 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1579, SNG Pfalz 1380, Levante 1090
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1346 SNG 1579
2 2     B
3 3     NY: 1944.100.54577
4 4     CGT coll. = CNG 221, 28 Oct. 2009, lot 441
5 5     CNG 310, Sept. 2013, lot 311
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, 2237
7 7     Jacquier 38, Sept. 2013, lot 223
8 8     Levante 1090 = CNG 64, Sept. 2003, 706
9 9     M&M 12, Apr. 2003, 244
10 10     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1380
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 56, 9 May 2019, lot 602
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 90, 18 Nov. 2021, lot 779
13 13     Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 767