RPC VI, 4185 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4185 (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 Κ Μ Α Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σ(εβῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right,wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡ Β ΛΟΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) βʹ Λολλιανοῦ Μηθυμναίων
Translation under the strategos for the second time, Lollianus, of the Methymnaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, and Poseidon standing, right, holding trident and dolphin over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.60 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG Schweiz 827
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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