RPC VI, 3848 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3848 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Mārcus Aurelius Rufinus, son of Verus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ῥουφείου Οὐήρου Γερμηνῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείου Οὐή(ρου) Γερμηνῶν
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Rufinus, son of Verus, of the Germenians
Reverse design Heracles standing, right, slaying the Nemean lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 41.78 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 197
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O Ehling 197.1
2 2     Winterthur: 2534 Ehling 197.2
3 3     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 280