RPC VI, 4189 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4189 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Eresus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Astykrates? (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΤ ΑϹΤΥ[Ρ?]ΑΤΟϹ ΕΡΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The personal name is uncertain, and there seems to be only one letter after ΑϹΤΥ and before ΑΤΟϹ. Perhaps ΑϹΤΥΡΑΤΟϹ, as in Astyras, though no such name appears in LGPN.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Milan: 6662