RPC VI, 4673 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4673 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Claudius Diogenes (strategos and stephanephoros)
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 ϹΤΡ Γ Κ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥϹ ϹΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ (Γ ΝΕ)
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Γ(αΐου) Κ(λαυδίου) Διογένους στεφανηφόρου Σμυρναίων πρώτων Ἀσίας γʹ νε(ωκόρων)
Translation under the strategos Gaius Claudius Diogenes, stephanephoros, of the Smyrnaeans, first of Asia, thrice neocorate
Reverse design within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.74 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Klose 5–6, BMC 431
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,1015.205 BMC 431 = Klose 6.3
2 2     P: 2727 Klose 5.1
3 3     B: I-B Klose 6.2
4 4     Mu: 419 Klose 5.2
5 5     O Klose 6.1
6 6     CNG EA 290, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 257 (R.D. Frederick Coll.)