RPC VI, 4115 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4115 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Scepsis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Polemon (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ε(Π) ϹΤ ΑΥ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟϹ Τ Β ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡΔΑ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στ(ρατηγοῦ) Αὐ(ρηλίου) Πολέμωνος τ(ὸ) βʹ Σκηψίων Δαρδα(νῶν)
Translation under strategos Aurelius Polemon for the second time, of the Scepsian Dardanians
Reverse design Emperor standing facing, head right, in military dress, resting on spear, and Nike standing, left, beside him, placing wreath over his head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.77 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G&M 212, Mar. 2013, 2419
2 2     M&M Numismatics Washington DC 1, Dec. 1977, 360
3 3     Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 669