RPC VI, 7203 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7203 (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧ ΜΕ ΟΙΚ ΑϹΚΛΗ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Ἀλέξανδρον ἀρχιερέα μέγιστον οἰκουμένης? Ἀσκληπίου Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Ἀλέξανδρον ἀρχ(ιερέα) μέ(γιστον) οἰκ(ουμένης?) Ἀσκλη(πίου)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Alexander, greatest chief priest of the world (and) of Asclepius
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding eagle-tipped serpent-staff in left hand and globe (?) in right hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛΙϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ ΖΟϹ
Edition Ἀλεξανδρούπολις Ἁδριανῶν Αἰγαίων ζοσʹ Ἀλεξανδρούπολις Ἁδριαν(ῶν) Αἰγαίων ζοσʹ
Translation Alexandropolis of the Hadrian Aegeaeans, 277
Reverse design eagle facing on thunderbolt, head right, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 22.52 g
Axis 12
Reference Haymann 172corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 108 SNG 2366 corr. = Haymann 172.1
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Auctiones 19, 20 Oct. 2013, lot 47 = Haymann 172.2 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 264 = Levante 1773 corr. (found in Haura, Syria)