RPC VI, 7188 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7188 (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 Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠ ΑΙΓΕΩΝ ΕΟϹ
Edition Ἁδρι(ανῶν) Ἀλεξανδρούπ(ολις) Αἰγέων εοσʹ
Translation of the Hadrianic Aegeaeans, Alexandropolis, 275
Reverse design boot, left, around which serpent(?) is coiled, surmounted by bust of Asclepius(?), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.20 g
Axis 12
Reference Haymann 164a corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 99 SNG 2360 = Robert, Inscriptions 198, 16 = Haymann 164a.2
2 2     C McClean 9048 = Haymann 164a.5
3 3     ✸ NY: 1973.191.102
4 4     Winterthur: G4542 Haymann 164a.4
5 5     Haymann 164a.1 = Lindgren I, 1404 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 937