RPC VI, 7195 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7195 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΟϹ = 277
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ ΑΔ ΑΙΓΑΙΩΝ ΖΟϹ
Edition Ἀλεξανδ(ροπόλις) Ἀδ(ριανῶν) Αἰγαίων ζʹοσ
Translation Alexandropolis of the Hadrian Aegeaeans, 277
Reverse design serpent coiled around egg (omphalos), head head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.85 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Haymann 187
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.191.101
2 2     Haymann 187.1 = Ziegler 393
3 3     Haymann 187.2
4 4     ✸ CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll. = Ares Web Auction 9, 17 May 2020, lot 348