RPC VI, 30631 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30631 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Aristeides (strategos)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀριστείδου Κυζικη(νῶν) νεoκόρ(ων)
Translation under strategos Aurelius Aristeides, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Athena seated on cuirass left, holding bowl with which she feeds a serpent entwined around a tree to left; to right, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 45 mm
Average weight 45.95 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bucephalus Numismatic 21, 23–24 June 2023, lot 561