RPC VI, 4602 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4602 (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 ΤΟ Β ΦΩΚΑΙΕ
Edition ἐπὶ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(ᾶρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Θεοδοσιανοῦ τὸ βʹ Φωκαιέ(ων)
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Theodosianos for the second time, of the Phocaeans
Reverse design city goddess standing facing, holding patera(?), looking back to Cybele(?) standing, left, flanked by two lions, holding patera(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.89 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 148
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 148 = Kraft 3, 17d.3