RPC VI, 4601 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4601 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Phocaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Theodosianos (strategos for the second time)
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 Μ ΑΥΡ ΘΕΟΔΟϹΙΑΝΟΥ ΦΩΚΑΙ ΤΟ Β
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Θεοδοσιανοῦ Φωκαέ(ων) τὸ βʹ
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Theodosianos, of the Phocaeans, for the second time
Reverse design Amazon standing, left, holding long sceptre an patera, placing foot on prow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.18 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG vA 2146, SNG Leypold 707
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0403.10
2 2     P: 2029 Mi VI, 1353
3 3     NY: 1944.100.46787
4 4     Tübingen: 3128
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 274, 22 Feb. 2012, lot 274
6 6     CGT coll. = CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 170
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 707
8 8     vA 2146 = Kraft 3, 17d.2
10 10     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 468