RPC VI, 7218 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
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
Reverse design cista from which a serpent rises, between two lighted torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 179a-b corr.
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

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