RPC VI, 4174 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4174 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Methymna
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 ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Μηθυμναίων
Translation of the Methymnaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.84 g
Axis 12
Reference Franke, Methymna 32, Calomino, Burnett 209,8
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 9374 Franke, Methymna 32a = Calomino, Burnett 209, 8
2 2     NY: 1944.100.44354
3 3     Çanakkale: 6635 SNG 648
4 4     N: 7998 Franke, Methymna 32b
5 5     Olympus Numismatik 10, 29–30 Dec. 2023, lot 683