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 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
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

Number Number 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