RPC VI, 146 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #33

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 146 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡ(ΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεο(ὺ) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (either normal or retrograde N)
Edition Ἀμφιπολειτῶν
Translation of the Amphipolitans
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on throne, left, holding patera; in exergue, fish, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.11 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 87–8, BMC 134–5, Cop 118, SNG ANS 205
Specimens 33 (16 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1850,0326.89 BMC 134
2 2     L: 1844,07 BMC 135
3 3     P: 541
4 4     P: 20243
5 5     P: 1966.453
6 6     B: 1327/1931
7 7     B: Gansauge.1843
8 8     B: I-B AMNG 87
9 9     B: L1906 AMNG 88
10 10     Cop: 118
11 11     Mu: 144a
12 12     Mu: 143
13 13     Mu: 144
14 14     NY SNG 205
15 15     V: GR 09691
16 16     V: GR 09692
17 17     A Evelpidis 1201
18 18     Bern SNG Schweiz 349
19 19     Milan: 6654
20 20     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 253
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     CNG 732939
26 26     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 506
27 27     CNG EA 133, 15 Feb. 2006, lot 168
28 28     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 170
29 29     CNG EA 221, 28 Oct. 2009, lot 432
30 30     Hirsch 281, 2 May 2012, lot 980
31 31     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 80
32 32     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2379
33 33     ✸ priv Coll H.I., ex Aphrodite 9, 2023, lot 427