RPC VI, 7233 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7233 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΟϹ = 278
Dating 231/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ [ϹΕΒ?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΕΥΓ[...] ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟ[Υ or -N?] ΑΙΓΕ[ΩΝ?] ΗΟϹ
Reverse design boot, left, around which serpent is coiled, surmounted by bust of Asclepius, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.41 g
Axis 11
Reference Haymann 196
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2777 Haymann 196 = BMC 37
2 2     ✸ Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 839