RPC VI, 4575 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4575 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹƐΥΗ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐΩΝ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head l., resting on club, holding lion skin and apples
Metal Æ
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference GRPCL 387, Hochard 1545
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p138.4.B BMC 101
2 2     ✸ B: 1877/845
3 3     Mu SNG 427
4 4     V: GR 34292
5 5     Tire: 2006-440 SNG 455
6 6     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde
7 7     N&N London EA 13, 26 Feb. 2023, lot 367