RPC VI, 4585 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4585 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Aristonikos Iulianus (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design front view of arched shrine with two columns, within which Aphrodite standing facing nude, head right, holding mirror and arranging hair; at her feet, dolphin downwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 377, Hochard 1558
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1226.404 BMC 96
2 2     P: 1018 Wa 5153
3 3     G Hunterian II, 461, 11 = SNG 1959
4 4     Mu SNG 429
5 5     ✸ V: GR 34516 Kraft 14, 40b
6 6     Boston: 63.1121
7 7     CNG EA 405, 6 Sept. 2017, lot 324
8 8     Savoca Blue 105, 12 Jun. 2021, lot 1213
9 9     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 19, 6 May 2023, lot 395