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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/32 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 32 (temporary) |
Province | Macedonia |
Region | Thessaly |
City | Magnesia |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Caesar) |
Obverse inscription | Μ ΑΥ[Ρ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ |
Edition | Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κ(αῖσαρ) |
Translation | Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar |
Obverse design | bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΑΡΓΩ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ |
Edition | Ἀργώ Μαγνήτων |
Translation | Argo of the Magnesians |
Reverse design | ship Argo sailing, right, with rowers |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 19 mm |
Average weight | 4.51 g |
Axis | 1, 3, 8, 12 |
Reference | BMC 66 (under Magnesia ad Meandrum), Rogers 373 |
Specimens | 4 (3 in the core collections) |