RPC VI, 4099 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4099 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Assus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Metronax (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥ ΜΗΤΡΩΝΑΙΚΤΟϹ ΑϹϹΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐ(ρηλίου) Μητρωνάικτος Ἀσσίων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Metronax, of the Assians
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 28.88 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 541
2 2     B: 18271680, 1928 Bernhard-Imhoof
3 3     Mu: 167 Mi S. V, 296, 92
4 4     ✸ Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 157 = Savoca EA 34 Silver, 16 June 2019, lot 244 = CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 389 = CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 389 = Praefectus Coins α, 28 Feb. 2021, lot 180