RPC VI, 3873 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3873 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription IMP CAES L SEP SEV ALEXANDER (all S retrograde)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Sep(timius) Sev(erus) Alexander
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription DEO CVPIDINI C G I A PAR
Edition Deo Cupidini C(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) A(ugusta) Par(iana)
Translation to the god Cupid, the Twin Colony Julia Augusta of Parion
Reverse design Cupid standing facing, head right, hand over small herm at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.64 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 380, 10 Aug. 2016, lot 417
2 2     CNG EA 387, 30 Nov. 2016, lot 313
3 3     Numismatik Naumann 46, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 361
4 4     Numismatik Naumann 47, Oct. 2016, 313
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     A-KIKPE Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4662 = SNG Kikpe II, 561