RPC VI, 3855 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3855 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Miletopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Artemidoros ΙΙ (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ(ΗΡ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΑΡΟΥ (sic) Β ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Αἰλίου Ἀρτεμιδάρου βʹ Μειλητοπολειτῶν στρα(τηγοῦ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀρτεμιδάρου βʹ Μειλητοπολειτῶν
Translation of the strategos Aelius Artemidoros II, of the Miletopolitans
Reverse design Hermes seated on rock, left, wearing petasus and holding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.81 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG Leypold 376
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970,0909.65 Hirsch XXI, Nov. 1908, 2465(?)
2 2     Graz University: 3410
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 376
4 4     Olympus Numismatik 10, 29–30 Dec. 2023, lot 691