RPC VI, 7504 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7504 (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 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 κατ(ὰ) Ἴσσον ἔτ(ους) ηϙσʹ
Translation of the Alexandrians by the Issum, of the year 208
Reverse design Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding cubit rule and raising hand to pluck chiton
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.19 g
Axis 4, 5
Reference Levante, Alexandria 91–2
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L.1906 Levante, Alexandria 91
2 2     ✸ V: GR 19069 Levante, Alexandria 92