RPC VI, 4594 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4594 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Aelius Alexandros II (strategos and archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) 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 Ϲ ΤΙΒ ΑΙΛ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ Β
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Τιβ(ερίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀλεξάνδρου ἄρχ(οντος) Κυμαίων βʹ
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Aelius Alexander, first archon of the Cymeans, II
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head right, resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.13 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG München 548
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 226 Wa 1301
2 2     Mu SNG 548
3 3     Pandora Numismatics 9, 12–13 Oct. 2024, lot 474