RPC VI, 7156 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7156 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1, year ϚЧϹ = 296
Dating AD 229/30
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστὸς Πατήρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΛ ΙΕΡ ΠΟΛ ΘΕΟΥ ΑΝΦΙΛΟΧΟΥ, [ΕΤ] ϚϘϹ
Edition Μαλλωτῶν ἱερὰ πόλις θεοῦ Ἀνφιλὀχου ἔτους ϛϙσʹ Μαλ(λωτῶν) ἱερ(ὰ) πόλ(ις) θεοῦ Ἀνφιλὀχου ἔτ(ους) ϛϙσʹ
Translation Mallians, sacred city of the god Amphilochus, of year 296
Reverse design founder Amphilochus (youthful) in guise of Apollo standing, left, wearing laurel wreath, holding branch over boar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.07 g
Reference Levante S1 309
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note R. Ziegler, 'Wann wurde Mallos zur römischen Kolonie?' , inE. Schwertheim (ed.), Studien zum antikenKleinasien II (Bonn, 1992), 181-3.
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