RPC VI, 3878 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3878 (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
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 C G I H P
Edition c(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) H(adriana) P(ariana)
Translation Colony Twin Julia Hadrian of Parium
Reverse design capricorn holding globe, right; above, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.53 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
Reference SNG Çanakkale 226
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)
Note All S retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu
2 2     Çanakkale: 12062 SNG 226
3 3     CNG EA 380, 10 Aug. 2016, lot 418
4 4     CNG EA 382, 7 Sept. 2016, lot 239
5 5     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 28, 2 July 2016, lot 285
6 6     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 28, 2 July 2016, lot 289
7 7     NY: 1944.100.43141
8 8     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 535
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.