RPC VI, 7168 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7168 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ΓϘϹ = year 293
Dating 225/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Π ΜΟΨΕΑΤΩΝ ΓϘϹ
Reverse design Artemis standing facing, head right, wearing short chiton, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver on her shoulder; at her feet, stag, right, looking back; in front of her, Apollo standing facing, head left, crossing legs, leaning on small column and holding laurel branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Reference vA Mopsos 72
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The date was read as year 296, but Γ seems clear on the new specimen.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0728.66 Weber 7575 = vA Mopsos 72
2 2     ✸ Grün 49, 20 May 2008, lot 95 ('Adramyteum') = Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 Mar. 2020, lot 931 = Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1087