RPC VI, 11044 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 11044 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Stratonicea Hadrianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Keler, son of Pro— (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription Ε ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥ ΚΕΛΕΡΟϹ ΠΡΟ[ ] ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Reverse design Asclepius and Homonoia standing face to face; Asclepius on left leans on staff entwined by serpent, and Homonoia on right holds patera in right and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Reference GRPCL 41
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The letter after ΠΡΟ is not clear. It has been read as Χ, following I-B's suggestion for https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/57241.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud Numismatik 1, 11 Dec. 2016, lot 93 = GRPCL Stratonikeia-Hadrianopolis 41 (both reading ΠΡΟΧ)