RPC VI, 4557 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4557 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Apollonoshieron
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Septimius Euphrates (first archon)
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 Λ ϹΕΠ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Εὐφράτου ἄρχοντος αʹ Ἀπολλωνιερειτῶν ἐπ(ὶ) Λ(ουκίου) Σεπ(τιμίου) Εὐφράτου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Ἀπολλωνιερειτῶν
Translation under Lucius Septimius Euphrates, first archon, of the Apolloniereans
Reverse design front view of temple with six columns, within which Apollo standing facing, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.03 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference GRPCL 38
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 286, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 224 (R.D. Frederick Coll.) (as Apollonis)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.48877
3 3     ✸ Ancient Numismatics Auctions 16, 24 Nov. 2024, lot 212