RPC VI, 2109 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2109 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ (or ΑΥ) ϹΕΟ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ Δ
Edition Ὀλβιοπολιτῶν δʹ
Translation of the Olbians, 4
Reverse design eagle with spread wings facing, head left, holding wreath in beak; between legs, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.35 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Anokhin 395, BMC 22, SNG Pushkin 586
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1905,1203.61
2 2     L BMC 22
3 3     P: 879
4 4     P: 872
5 5     B: I-B.1900
6 6     B: L.1906
7 7     V: GR 07533
8 8     Moscow SNG Pushkin 586
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 245, 7 Mar. 2017, lot 1407
11 11     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2109, ex M&M Deutschland 15 (Righetti IV), 21. Oct. 2004, lot 19
12 12     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1559