RPC VI, 7480 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7480 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Epiphanea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue HϘϹ = 298
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΩΝ ΗϘϹ
Edition Ἐπιφανέων ηϙσʹ Ἐπιφανέων ηϙσʹ
Translation of the Epiphaneans, 298
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne facing, head left, holding Nike on globe and long sceptre; ther throne resting on a wheeled platfom(?) drawn by two captives, standing on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.78 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.191.117
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 130, 4 Jan. 2006, lot 284
3 3     CGT coll.