RPC VI, 7238 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7238 (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 Κ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧ Μ ΟΙΚ Κ ΑϹΚΛ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Ἀλέξανδρον ἀρχ(ιερέα?) μ(έγιστον?) οἰκ(ουμένης?) Ἀσκλ(ηπίου)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Alexander, greatest chief priest of the world and of Asclepius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding eagle-tipped serpent-staff, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΕΥ ΠΙϹ ΘΕΟ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΥ (sic) ΑΙΓΕΩΝ
Edition Μακ(εδονικῆς) εὐ(γενοῦς) πισ(τῆς) θεο(φιλοῦς) νεοκόρου Αἰγέων
Translation of the Macedonian, noble, faithful, neocorate, dear to the gods, of the Aegeans
Reverse design front view of temple with ten columns with arcuated lintel and eagle in pediment, within which Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-staff; on either side of the pediment, Nike holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 23.28 g
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 176
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Undated but the obverse indicates year 277. ΑΥ Κ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧ Μ ΟΙΚ Κ ΑϹΚΛ = ΑΥ Κ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧ(ΙƐΡƐΑ) Μ(ƐΓΙϹΤΟΝ) ΟΙΚ(ΟΥΜƐΝΗϹ) Κ(ΑΙ) ΑϹΚΛ(ΗΠΙΟΥ). P. Weiss, 'Ein Altar für Gordian III., die älteren Gordiane und die Severer aus Aigeai (Kilikien)', Chiron 12 (1982), pp. 191-205, at 198-203 (uncertain of the reading). Levante read the legend of the die in the SNG France volume: 'the greatest high priest of the inhabitable world and of Asclepius.'
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