RPC VI, 4652 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4652 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος 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 Α ΚΛΕΙΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Κλειτιανοῦ Μητρᾶ Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Α(ὐρηλίου) Κλειτιανοῦ Μητρᾶ Μαγνήτων Σιπ(ύλου)
Translation under strategos Aurelius Kleitianos, son of Metras, of the Magnesians of Sipylus
Reverse design river god Hermos reclining, left, holding reed and resting on vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.55 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference GRPCL 181-2, Hochard 1101, 1104 corr.
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.15 BMC 68
2 2     L: 1895,0606.61 BMC 67
3 3     B: 28296
4 4     ✸ B: I-B1900 Mi IV, 78, 422
5 5     O
6 6     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 480
7 7     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 776
8 8     vA 3004 = Kraft 3, 17c
9 9     G SNG 1429