RPC VI, 4529 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4529 (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 ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΑΦΙΗ
Edition ἐπὶ Νεικομάχου Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων Παφίη ἐπὶ Νεικομάχ(ου) Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων Παφίη
Translation under Nikomachos, of the Sardians, twice neocorate, Paphia
Reverse design front view of the temple of Aphrodite of Paphos enclosing sacred stone with crescent and star between columns surmounted by doves and torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.07 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 615, Hochard 2082
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 532 (Mi IV, 134, 762)
2 2     CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 205
3 3     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 860
4 4     R.Becker coll.