RPC VI, 7169 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7169 (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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Π ΜΟΨΕΑΤΩΝ ΓϘϹ
Edition Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου πόλεως Μοψεατῶν γϙσʹ Ἁδρ(ιανοῦ) Ἀλεξάνδρου π(όλεως) Μοψεατῶν γϙσʹ
Translation of the city Hadrian Alexander of the Mopseans, 293
Reverse design horse, left, carrying radiate crown on its back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.56 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1994, SNG vA 8704
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note The date was read as year 296 , but Γ seems clear on a new specimen for https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/55946.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 24508 SNG 1994
2 2     vA 8704
3 3     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
4 4     Biga Numismatics EA 24, 22 Oct. 2023, lot 468
5 5     ✸ Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 74 = Gorny & Mosch, 14 October 2002, lot 397