RPC VI, 7503 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7503 (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 ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate 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 Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.76 g
Axis 4, 10
Reference Levante, Alexandria 93
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG Triton XXIX Online Sessions, 21 Jan. 2026, lot 5571 = CNG EA 321, Feb. 2014, 324, ex J. Krizan Coll. ex Marcel Burstein Coll.
2 2     Lindgren I, 1416
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1118 = Roma Numismatics EA 113, 28 Sept. 2023, lot 604