RPC VI, 4586 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4586 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Iulius Iulianus (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) 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 ΑΡΧ Α ΤΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος αʹ Τιβερίου Ἰουλίου Ἰουλιανοῦ Φλαβίων Φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Τιβ(ερίου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἰουλιανοῦ Φλ(αβίων) Φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων
Translation under first archon Tiberius Julius Julian, of the Flavian Philadelphians, neocorate
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, within which statue of the Emperor(?) standing right, holding transverse sceptre and globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 17.51 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 386, Hochard 1550 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1900,1003.1 BMC 94 = Burrell 127, 2a
2 2     P: 1019 Wa 5154 (as Dionysos) = Burrel 127, 2b
3 3     Aiello = GRPCL Philadelphia 386
4 4     Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 722 = Lanz 58, 1991, lot 770