RPC VI, 4447 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4447 (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 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
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
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Κλ(αυδίου) Φ(—) Βηδ(—) Ῥουφείνου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Marcus Claudius F— Bed— Rufinus, first archon, of the Saittians
Reverse design Mên standing, facing, head left, wearing Phrygian cap and crescent on shoulders, holding sceptre and pine cone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 20.29 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 134, Hochard 1732
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V-ON SNG Leypold 1169
2 2     vA 3102
3 3     C: Mossop