RPC VI, 4220 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4220 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Tertullus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Κ ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κ(λαυδίου) Τερτύλλου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Claudius Tertullus, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design three temples, two of which, below, seen in perspective, one above, with four columns, between two wreaths, seen from the front, within which wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.55 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 2266, McClean 7734
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1403 SNG 2266 = Burrell 35, 26d
2 2     ✸ C McClean 7734
3 3     Rome: DS111508
4 4     CGT coll. = Nauman 76, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 254 = Naumann 73, 6 Jan. 2019, lot 310
5 5     Münster: M 1030