RPC VI, 4527 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4527 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Asinius Nikomachos Frugianus (archon)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
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 ΑΡΧ Γ ΑϹΙΝ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΦΡΟΥΓ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Γάϊου Ἀσινίου Νεικόμαχου Φρουγιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) Γ(άϊου) Ἀσιν(ίου) Νεικόμαχου Φρουγ(ιανοῦ) Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under archon Gaius Asinius Nikomachos Frugianus, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Kore standing facing, having poppy on either side, and Demeter standing facing, head left, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.06 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 613, Hochard 2090
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 19587 Burrell 112, 8
2 2     Harvard: 1984.811.34