PONTUS. Neocaesarea. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 15.56 g, 12 h), CY 171 = 234/5. ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹЄ ΑΛЄΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΝЄΟΚΑΙϹΑ ΜΗΤΡ ΔΙϹ ΝЄΩΚ / ЄΤ ΡΟΑ Front view of two tetrastyle temples, each with a globe in the pediment. Price & Trell 249, fig. 178. RPC VI Online 30319 (temporary). Extremely rare, just two examples cited in RPC. Porosity, otherwise, very fine.


The twin tetrastyle temples seen on the reverse of this bronze coin of Severus Alexander are neocorate temples, as referenced by the inscription ΔΙϹ ΝЄΩΚ[OPON]. The first was probably erected under Septimius Severus, and the second under Severus Alexander, both representing worship of the imperial cult.