RPC IX, 1461

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1461
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Aemilian
Person (obv.) Aemilian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘϘϹ = 299
Dating AD 253
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΙΜΙΛΙΟϹ ΑΙΜΙΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Αἰμίλιος Αἰμιλιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Aemilius Aemilianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aemilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕΑΙωΝ ΝΕωΚΟ, ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ, ΘϘϹ
Edition Αἰγεαίων νεωκό(ρων) ναυαρχὶς θϙσʹ
Translation of the Aegeaeans, neocorate, navarch, 299
Reverse design nude Alexander(?) standing left, holding patera, spear and drapery; at feet, left, bull lying; at top, left, city gate with towers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.33 g
Axis 7
Reference Haymann 230
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1462/1–7, 1463/1–5.
Note A similar rev. design was used at Tyre, depicting Kadmos in front of Thebes; see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3989, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3994 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4170, and Haymann, pp. 196-8, for a full discussion.
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