RPC VI, 4518 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4518 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Damianos II (strategos)
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 ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΔΑΜΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Δαμιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Δαμιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Damianos, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder, ears of corn with poppy-head and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.27 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 611, Hochard 2087
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.43 BMC 176 = Kraft, 31, 21b.2
2 2     Mu SNG 534 = Kraft, 31, 21b.1
3 3     Lindgren I, A820B
4 4     Sardis Excavations 308.1
5 5     Sardis Excavations 308.2
6 6     ✸ Leeds-UL: 812