RPC VI, 6640 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6640 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Ɛ(Τ) ΡΞΓ = 163
Dating 226/227
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(ΡΟϹ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ (or ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ) (or ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙωΝ) Ε ΡΞΓ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔ(τους) ρξγʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, of the year 163
Reverse design Mithras on horseback advancing, right; to right, altar; to left, tree with raven on top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Wojan, Trapezonte 91–6, Rec 35
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1403 SNG 1955 = Wojan, Trapezonte 94
2 2     P: 463 SNG 1956 = Wojan, Trapezonte 96c
3 3     ✸ B: I-B1900 Rec 35 = GM 583, 76 = Wojan, Trapezonte 96b
4 4     B: I-B1900 Wojan, Trapezonte 93a
5 5     Ankara: 61-36/9.78 Wojan, Trapezonte 91a
6 6     St Petersburg Rec 35 = Wojan, Trapezonte 95
7 7     Warsaw: 2619.1201 Wojan, Trapezonte 93b
8 8     V-ON Wojan, Trapezonte 91b = SNG Leypold 65
9 9     Wojan, Trapezonte 92 = Lanz 78, 1996, 818
10 10     A Wojan, Trapezonte 96a (Evelpidis Coll.)
11 11     Casey 218