RPC VI, 4650 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4650 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Kleitianos, son of Metras (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 ΕΠ Ϲ Α ΚΛΕΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ, ΑΔΡΙ ΑΛΕΞ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΑ ΕΝΜΟΝΙΔΕΙΑ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Α(ὐρηλίου) Κλειτιανοῦ Μητρᾶ Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀλεξ(άνδρεια) Αντωνεῖα Ἐνμονιδεία
Translation under strategos Aurelius Kleitianos, son of Metras, of the Magnesians of Sipylus, the Hadrianic Alexandrian Antonine Enmonideia
Reverse design inscribed round shield, within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 51 mm
Average weight 60.19 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 180, Hochard 1107, Ehling JNG 50 (2000), p. 62 no. 4
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 278