RPC VI, 4240 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4240 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Pitane
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Publius (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥ ΤΟ Β ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ποπλίου τὸ βʹ Πιταναίων
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Publius for the second time, of the Pitaneans
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 38.63 g
Axis 6
Reference Mi S. V,489,1240corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.43387 tooled?