RPC VI, 4462 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4462 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Tabala
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Fronto (priest) ; Agathephoros (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) 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 ΕΠ Π ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ(ΟϹ) (ΙΕΡΕ) ΚΕ ΑΓΑΘΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Π(οπλίου) Φρόντωνος ἱερέ(ως) κὲ Ἀγαθηφόρου ἄρχ(οντος) Ταβαλέων
Translation under Publius Fronto, priest, and Agathephoros, archon, of the Tabaleans
Reverse design radiate Lydian hero-god on horseback advancing, right, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.06 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference GRPCL 53-54 corr., Hochard 2337 and 2340
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note ΚƐ = ΚΑΙ, but the sense of ΚƐ ΡƐ ΚƐ on die 15736 is not clear. Münsterberg followed I-B with ἐ Π Φρόντωνος κ Ῥεκ Ἀγαθηφόρου ἀρχ, apprently regarding Rek... as a personal name: "Κ ΡƐΚ steht für καὶ und einem Namen wie Ῥεκτος." But ΚƐ seems to occur twice. See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/57602
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1951,0503.341 BMC 15
2 2     B: 419/83
3 3     ✸ B: I-B1900 Kraft 31, 24 = RSN VII, 1898, 5, 4
4 4     B: I-B1900 LS 146, 3 = RSN VII, 1898, 5, 3
5 5     Boston: 64.1281
6 6     M&M GmbH 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2656
7 7     vA 3195