RPC VI, 1138 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΗϹΤΙΩ
Edition Σηστίων Σηστίω(ν)
Translation of the Sestians
Reverse design Leander swimming, right, towards Hero standing on top of tower, left, holding lamp
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.01 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss 1997, 21,6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Künker 436 eLive, 19 Nov. 2025, lot 10103 = Kölner Münzkabinett 85, 2006, lot 173 = E. Schönert-Geiss, Thrakische raritäten, SCN 11, 1995 (1997), pp. 19-22, at 21, no 6 = Sternberg 11, 1981, 234
2 2     Varbanov 3, 2987