RPC VI, 7234 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7234 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΟϹ = 278
Dating 231/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΡΧ ΜΕ ΟΙΚ Κ ΑϹΚ(ΛΗ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Ἀλέξανδρον ἀρχ(ιερέα?) μ(έγιστον?) οἰκ(ουμένης?) Ἀσκλη(πίου)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Alexander, greatest chief priest of the world and of Asclepius
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding serpent-staff and patera(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΕΥΓ ΠΙϹ ΘΕΟΦΙ [...?] ΝΕωΚΟΡΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΩΝ (or ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ) ΗΟϹ
Edition Μακ(εδονικῆς) εὐγ(ενοῦς) πισ(τῆς) θεοφι(λοῦς) [---] νεωκόρου Αἰγαίων ηοσʹ
Translation of the Macedonian, noble, faithful, dear to the gods [---] neocorate, of the Aegeaeans, 278
Reverse design Tyche seated, left, holding small temple with four columns; at her feet, goat left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 24.64 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Haymann 192
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1962,1115.1
2 2     Winterthur: G6251 Haymann 192.2
3 3     Yale: 2008.83.114 Haymann 192.1 = Levante 1775 = NC 1963, 5, 1 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1067