RPC VI, 4639 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4639 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Myrina
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Fu— Meleagros (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Κ ΦΟΥ ΜΕΛΕΑΓΡΟΥ ΜΥΡΕΙΝΑΙωΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κ(ουίντου) Φου(—) Μελεάγρου Μυρειναίων
Translation under the strategos Quintus Fu— Meleagrosm of the Myrinians
Reverse design Zeus(?) standing facing, head left, holding eagle and resting on long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 19.15 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Kraft 43,38b
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 16879 Kraft 43, 38b
2 2     Harvard: 1983.56.150