RPC VI, 7190 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7190 (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 ΑΔΡ(Ι) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟ ΑΙΓΕ ΕΟϹ
Edition Ἁδρι(ανῶν) Ἀλεξανδρούπο(λις) Αἰγέ(ων) εοσʹ
Translation of the Hadrianic Aegeaeans, Alexandropolis, 275
Reverse design serpent coiled around egg (omphalos), head head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.80 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Haymann 162a, 162c and var.
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note Forepart of a turtle coming out of the bottom?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Haymann 162a = Levante 1758
2 2     Haymann 162c = CNG EA 201, 17 Dec. 2008, lot 260
3 3     CGT coll. = Naumannn Auction 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 466 = Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 466
4 4     ✸ Leu EA 13, 15 Aug. 2020, lot 912 = Leu Web Auction 8, 29 June 2019, lot 715
5 5     Ares 1, 23 Aug. 2019, lot 352 = Ares 4, 23 Nov. 2019, lot 352