RPC VI, 4379 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4379 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Thyatira
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Marcius Pollianus (strategos)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ Λ Μ ΠΩΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Λ(ουκίου) Μ(αρκίου) Πωλλιανοῦ Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation of the strategos Lucius Marcius Pollianus, of the Thyatirans
Reverse design Apollo nude standing, right, placing foot on bucranium, holding a serpent with both hands and resting on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.54 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference GRPCL 411, Hochard 2594
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1894,0505.59 BMC 121 = LS 32 = Kraft 31, 25a
2 2     CNG EA 537, 26 Apr. 2023, lot 313