RPC VI, 4179 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4179 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Methymna
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Demetrios (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤ [ΑΥ] ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στ(ρατηγοῦ) Αὐ(ρηλίου) Δημητρίου Μηθυμναίων
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Demetrios, of the Methymnaeans
Reverse design city goddess (?) standing facing on pedestal between two trees, head right, holding animal on shoulders
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 27335 (under uncertains)