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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός 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 Ἁδριανῶν Αἰγεαίων ζοσʹ 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)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 103 SNG 2367 = Robert, Inscriptions 196, 13 = Haymann 180a.2
2 2     Cop: 37 Haymann 180a.1
3 3     Antakya: 18323 Butcher, Hatay 254 = Haymann 180b.2
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 220, 11 Mar. 2014, lot 1506
5 5     Haymann 180a.3 = Levante S 410
6 6     ✸ Haymann 180a.4 = Hirsch 166, 1990, 1151 = Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 122
7 7     A-KIKPE Haymann 180a.5 = SNG Pfalz 72
8 8     Haymann 180a.6
9 9     Haymann 180b.1 = vA 5457
10 10     CGT coll. = NBS Auction 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 288