RPC VI, 4107 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4107 (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 ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) 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 ΔΑΡΔΑ(ΝΙ?)
Edition Σκηψίων Δαρδανί(ων)
Translation of the Dardanian Scepsians
Reverse design Dionysus, nude, standing, facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.14 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 8
Reference Winterthur 2790, SNG Leypold 494
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 890
2 2     ✸ B: 18243295, I-B1900
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     Rome: DS109190
5 5     Winterthur: 2790
6 6     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 578
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 494
8 8     Weber 5436
9 9     Olympus Numismatik 3, 5 May 2023, lot 541