RPC VI, 7217 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7217 (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 ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ(Ο)ΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (ϹΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding serpent-staff, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛΙϹ ΑΔ (or Π Θ) ΑΙΓ(Ε)ΑΙωΝ ΖΟϹ
Edition Ἀλεξανδρούπολις Ἁδ(ριανῶν) Αἰγεαίων ζοσʹ
Translation Alexandropolis of the Hadrianic Aegeaeans, 277
Reverse design coiled, bearded, serpent advancing, right; above, goat kneeling right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 180a-b
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

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