RPC VI, 4136 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4136 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Kladaios, son of Trophimos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡ (sic) Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ<ο>κρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΛΑΔΑΙΟΥ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Κλαδαίου Ἀδραμυτηνῶν
Translation of the strategos Aurelius Kladaios of the Adramyteans
Reverse design Poseidon advancing, left, holding trident and raising hand, towards nymph Amymone falling on her knee, left, looking back, holding mantle over her head; behind Poseidon, tree or torch(?), in front of him, dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 25.93 g
Axis 12
Reference von Fritze Mys. 158, Stauber 231
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1502 vA 1059 = Stauber 231c = Kraft 44, 42.2
2 2     L: BNK.444 BMC 20 = von Fritze Mys. 158.1 = Stauber 231a
3 3     V: GR 16073 von Fritze Mys. 158.2 = Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 11 (1908), 147, 422, pl. IX, 16 = Stauber 231b