RPC VI, 4644 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4644 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Phaidimos (strategos) ; Aurelius Kesos (strategos)
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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟΥ [ ] ΑΥ ΚΗϹΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγῶν) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φαιδίμου [---] Αὐ(ρηλίου) Κήσου Αἰγαέων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Phaidimos [---] Aurelius Kesos, of the Aegaeans
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns, within which uncertain figure standing, facing; Nike standing, left, on apex, holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 50 mm
Average weight 49.60 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 61, Sept. 2002, lot 1044 = Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 266