RPC VI, 4397 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4397 (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 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Λ[?] Μ ΠΩΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, within which female figure standing facing, head left, holding uncertain object and cornucopia (?); to left, animal (?) or altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 418, Hochard 2588
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reverse design is not certain (Dionysus with panther? Homonoia with altar?): confirmation required.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll. = VAuction - 321 (London Coin Galleries 3), 10 Nov. 2016, lot 99