RPC VI, 4271 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4271 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Acrasus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀκρασιωτῶν Ἀκρασιωτῶν
Translation of the Acrasians
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff, facing Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 6.26 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 96
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BK,709 BMC 36
2 2     NY: 1971.279.38
3 3     V: GR 32886
4 4     Boston: 64.1262
5 5     SNG Tatiş 443
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1964
7 7     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 480
8 8     vA 2890 = Kraft 31, 22a.2
9 9     P. Requier Coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     wildwinds ex Forum coins RP62322 = Antioch Associates FPL 49 (May 2000), 93 (not illustrated, but "flan missing from 9 to 12 o'clock")
12 12     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = CNG EA 492, 26 May 2021, lot 285 = Heritage 61151, 26 Jan. 2020, lot 97038, ex Phil Peck coll.