RPC VI, 4538 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4538 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Temenothyrae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹƐΒ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΟϹ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΗΜƐΝΟΘΥΡƐΥϹΙ
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head r., holding club and lion skin; to l., tree of the Hesperides, around which a serpent is coiled
Metal Æ
Average diameter 39 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 26
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1892,0507.222 BMC 26
2 2     P: 2117 Wa 7061
3 3     ✸ Boston: 1983.2
4 4     Hirsch 13, May 1905, 4167
5 5     Weber 7194 = Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 255 = Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 226