RPC VI, 7501 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7501 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Alexandria ad Issum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year HЧϹ = 298
Dating AD 231/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑ ΜΑ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΔΡΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξα<ν>δρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΚΑΤ ΙϹϹΟΝ ΕΤ ΗϘϹ
Edition Ἀλεξανδρέων κατὰ Ἰσσὸν ἔτους ηϙσʹ Ἀλεξανδρέων κατ(ὰ) Ἰσσὸν ἔτ(ους) ηϙσʹ
Translation of the Alexandrians ad Issum, of the year 298
Reverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great(?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.58 g
Reference Levante, Alexandria 96
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Levante, Alexandria 96 = Levante 1851
2 2     Lindgren III, 770