RPC VI, 4183 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4183 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Methymna
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Lollianus (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription Α(Υ) Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ(ΟΥΗ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
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 ΛΟΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στ(ρατηγοῦ) Λολλιανοῦ Μηθυμναίων
Translation under the strategos Lollianus, of the Methymnaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.52 g
Axis 3
Reference Franke, Methymna 34
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.212
2 2     P: 158 Franke, Methymna 34
3 3     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 45, July 2016, 432