RPC VI, 6642 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6642 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Orbiana (Augusta)
Issue Ɛ(Τ) ΡΞΓ = 163
Dating 226/227
Obverse inscription ΟΡΒ ϹΑΛΟΥ ΟΡΒΙΑΝ(ΗΝ ΑΥΓΟΥ)
Edition Ὀρβιανὴν Σαλουστίαν Ὀρβιανὴν Αὔγουσταν Ὀρβ(ιανὴν) Σαλου(στίαν) Ὀρβιανὴν Αὔγου(σταν)
Translation for Orbiana, for Sallustia Orbiana Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Orbiana, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ Ε(Τ) ΡΞΓ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτους ρξγʹ Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ρξγʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of the year 163
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.25 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 109–11, Rec 42–3
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.13 Rec 43 = Wojan, Trapezonte 111
2 2     P: 1405 SNG 1961 = Rec 42 = Wojan, Trapezonte 109b
3 3     ✸ B: I-B1900 Wojan, Trapezonte 110 = ZfN 20, 1897, 3
4 4     A: 4871 Wojan, Trapezonte 109a
5 5     Aycock-Wakefield coll., ex Rex Numismatics Auction 17, 2 August 2025, lot 68