RPC VI, 4261 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4261 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Acrasus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Moschianos (strategos)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΜΟϹΧΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μοσχιανοῦ Ἀκρασιωτῶν
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Moschianos of the Acrasians
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head right, resting on club and holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.44 g
Axis 12
Reference GRPCL 89
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 29 = Kraft, taf. 43, 40
2 2     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 320
3 3     wildwinds ex Murphy coll.