RPC VI, 4444 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4444 (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 ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ (both Ν retrograde)
Edition ἐπὶ Ῥουφείνου ἄρχοντος αʹ Σαϊττηνῶν ἐπὶ Ῥουφείνου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Rufinus, first archon, of the Saittians
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.46 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 137 (cf. 138), Hochard 1731 and 1733 corr.
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.139
2 2     B: L1906 Kraft 31, 21a
3 3     ✸ NN 52/II, Apr. 2017, 1232 = CNG EA 409, 8 Nov. 2017, lot 417
4 4     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 5, 6 May 2017, lot 230 = GRPCL 138
5 5     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
6 6 –7     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 413-14