RPC VI, 7181 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7181 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΟϹ = 275
Dating 228/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟ ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ ΕΟϹ
Reverse design draped bust of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 22.76 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Haymann 157a
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 36 = Haymann 157a.1
2 2     B: 1904/911
3 3     B: I-B1900
4 4     CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 452
5 5     Haymann 157a.2 = Levante 1761
6 6     Haymann 157a.3 = Lanz 52, 1991, 598
7 7     Haymann 157a.4
8 8     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
9 9     Private coll.