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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7218 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 7218 (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 | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander |
Obverse design | diademed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding serpent-staff, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | ΜΑΚ ΕΥΓ ΘΕΩ ΝΕ(?) ΑΛΕΞΑ ΑΙΓΑΙΩΝ ΖΟϹ |
Edition | Μακ(εδονικῆς) εὐγ(ενοῦς) θεω(φιλοῦς) νε(ωκόρου) Ἀλεξα(νδρουπόλεως) Αἰγαίων ζοσʹ |
Translation | of the Macedonian, noble, neocorate Alexandropolis, dear to the gods, of the Aegeans, 277 |
Reverse design | cista from which a serpent rises, between two lighted torches |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 12.75 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Haymann 179a-b corr. |
Specimens | 6 (1 in the core collections) |