RPC VI, 7218 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7218 (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 Α ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding serpent-staff, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΕΥΓ ΘΕΩ ΝΕ(?) ΑΛΕΞΑ ΑΙΓΑΙΩΝ ΖΟϹ
Edition Μακ(εδονικῆς) εὐγ(ενοῦς) θεω(φιλοῦς) νε(ωκόρου) Ἀλεξα(νδρουπόλεως) Αἰγαίων ζοσʹ
Translation of the Macedonian, noble, neocorate Alexandropolis, dear to the gods, of the Aegeans, 277
Reverse design cista from which a serpent rises, between two lighted torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.75 g
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 179a-b corr.
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 105 SNG 2368 = Haymann 179a.2
2 2     ✸ V-ON SNG Leypold 2210
3 3     Haymann 179a.1 = Lindgren I, 1406
4 4     Haymann 179b
5 5     David Lowe
6 6     NBS WA 8, 7 Aug. 2021, lot 312