RPC VI, 7217 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7217 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΟϹ = 277
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ(Ο)ΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (ϹΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding serpent-staff, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛΙϹ ΑΔ (or Π Θ) ΑΙΓ(Ε)ΑΙωΝ ΖΟϹ
Reverse design coiled, bearded, serpent advancing, right; above, goat kneeling right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 180a-b
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 103 SNG 2367 = Robert, Inscriptions 196, 13 = Haymann 180a.2
2 2     Cop: 37 Haymann 180a.1
3 3     Antakya: 18323 Butcher, Hatay 254 = Haymann 180b.2
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 220, 11 Mar. 2014, lot 1506
5 5     Haymann 180a.3 = Levante S 410
6 6     ✸ Haymann 180a.4 = Hirsch 166, 1990, 1151 = Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 122
7 7     A-KIKPE Haymann 180a.5 = SNG Pfalz 72
8 8     Haymann 180a.6
9 9     Haymann 180b.1 = vA 5457
10 10     CGT coll. = NBS Auction 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 288