RPC VI, 5364 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5364 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Alliance with Antioch ad Maeandrum
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design cult statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias standing, right, wearing kalathos and holding flower(?), and Zeus seated, left, holding long sceptre and Nike(?); beween them, at their feet, basket(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference SNG Leypold 815
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold 815
2 2     ✸ Savoca 132 Blue, 7 May 2022, lot 528
3 3     Demos 13, 21 Oct. 2022, lot 499