RPC VI, 4443 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4443 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Claudius F— Bed— Rufinus (first archon)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΚΛ Φ ΒΗΔ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, within which nude Aphrodite standing facing, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference GRPCL 135, Hochard 1729
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,1224.394 BMC 56
2 2     B: I-B1900
3 3     V: GR 19522
4 4     Winterthur: 3894 GRMK 129, 3
5 5     R. Becker coll., ex Auktion Müller, Solingen 46 (1984), 417 = M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 87
6 6     Kraft 31, 25c.3 = Hirsch 13, May 1905, 4064
7 7     Lindgren I, 793
8 8     CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 442 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 817
9 9     ✸ V-ON SNG Leypold 1170
10 10     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
11 11     CGT coll. = Naville Auction 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 233
12 12     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 14, 17 Dec. 2017, lot 428
13 13     Leu EA 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 465