RPC VI, 1138


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1138 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	1138 (temporary)
Province	Thrace
Region	Thrace
City	Sestus
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ϹΗϹΤΙΩ
Reverse design	Leander swimming, right, towards Hero standing on top of tower, left, holding lamp
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	30 mm
Reference	Schönert-Geiss 1997, 21,6
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				E. Schönert-Geiss, Thrakische raritäten, SCN 11, 1995 (1997), pp. 19-22, at 21, no 6 = Sternberg 11, 1981, 234	30	16.99			Show
2	2				Varbanov 3, 2987	30				Show