RPC VI, 6470 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6470 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ СΚΘ = 229
Dating 226/227
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕ(Ξ) ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗΤΡ (or ΜΗΤ) ΝΕ ΠΡ Π(Ο) ΕΤ ϹΚΘ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Σευ(ηριανῆς) Ἀλεξ(ανδρινῆς) Ἀμασίας μητρ(οπόλεως) νε(ωκόρου) πρ(ώτης) Πό(ντου) ἔτ(ους) σκθʹ
Translation of Hadriana Severiana Alexandrina Amasea, metropolis, neocorate, first of Pontus, year 229
Reverse design front view of quadriga driven by a radiate charioteer, holding whip and raising hand; below, eagle facing with spread wings, head left, over an altar; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.59 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Dalaison 584–5, Rec 104 corr.
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)
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