RPC VI, 3848 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing, right, slaying the Nemean lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 197
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

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