RPC VI, 4180 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4180 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Methymna
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Zosimus (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ε ΑΡ ΑΥ ΖΩϹΙΜΟΥ ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head right, holding spear and resting on shield at her feet, and Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther at his feet, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Reference Calomino, Burnett 208,2
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2009.71 Calomino, Burnett 208, 2