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 ΑϹΚ(ΛΗ)
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
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
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