RPC VI, 4106 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4106 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Scepsis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σ(εουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡΔ
Edition Σκησίων Δαρδ(ανίων)
Translation of the Dardanian Scepsians
Reverse design Dionysus, nude, standing, facing, head left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.13 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference BMC 35–6
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 36
2 2     L: 1839,0910.209 BMC 35
3 3     P: 894
4 4     V: GR 27513
5 5     ✸ Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 319
6 6     Naumann 112, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 368