RPC VI, 4102 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4102 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Antandrus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ Κ[...] ΑΝΤΑΝΔΡΙΩΝ
Reverse design Aeneas in military dress advancing, right, looking back, leading Ascanius by hand and carrying Anchises on shoulder towards galley prow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Signs of tooling? see Fontana, RIN 1967, n. 18 (Caracalla)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Triton XI, Jan. 2008, lot 478