RPC VI, 4515 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4515 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Damianos (strategos)
Issue Group 1
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 ΕΠ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΔΑΜΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Δαμιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Damianos, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, before Kore standing facing, having supports of corn and poppy on either side; above, between them, bucranium with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.16 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 609, Hochard 2084
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1892,0507.155 BMC 177
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1999
3 3     CGT coll. ex Numismatik Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 328
4 4     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.