RPC VI, 7185


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7185 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	7185 (temporary)
Province	Cilicia
Region	Cilicia
Subregion	Cilicia Pedias
City	Aegeae
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Year ƐΟϹ = 275
Dating	228/9
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛ[...]
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλ[---]
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Al[---]
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ ΕΟС, ΜΑΚ ΕΥΓ ΠΙϹΤΟ ΘΕ
Edition	Αἰγαίων εοσʹ Μακ(εδονικῆ) εὐγ(ενὴς) πιστὸ(ς) θε(οφιλής)
Translation	of the Aegeaeans, 275, Macedonian, noble, faithful, dear to the gods
Reverse design	crown surmounted by bust of Tyche, right, within which inscription
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	30 mm
Average weight	16.52 g
Axis	6, 11
Reference	Haymann 159a-b corr.
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	The rev. reading is based on the new Leu specimen, which suggests that the reading on the V specimen is so altered that it should be disregarded.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	V: GR 19054	Haymann 159a = Ziegler, Städte 105	31	15.56	6	the legend reads ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠ, ΑΔΡΙ ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ ƐΟС but is badly tooled	Show
2	2		Haymann 159b	29	16.50		double struck, illegible	Show
3	3 ✸		Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1353	31	17.49	11	ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ ƐΟС is clear within the wreath. The rest of the legend is in to lines around the wreath. The outer reads ΚΕΓ ⳞΤΟ and the inner ΜΑΕ ΠΙΘΕ, suggesting that the two lines on the left should be read together as ΜΑΚ ΕΥΓ and the two on the right as ΠΙⳞΤΟ ΘΕ.	Show