RPC VI, 4278 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4278 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Acrasus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Kallistos (first archon)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΛΛΙϹΤΟΥ ΠΡ Α ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head right, holding corn ears and long torch, and Dionysus stanidng facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and bunch of grapes over panther at his feet, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 45 mm
Average weight 49.92 g
Reference GRPCL 85
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Tkalec, 26th Mar. 1991, 357