RPC VI, 4675 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4675 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Mind— Antiochos (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Ἀ(ύτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀντιόχου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, first (city) of Asia, under strategos Antiochos
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns within which statue of Rome, between two temples seen in three-quarter view
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.75 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose 1, McClean 8314
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2725 Klose 1.3 = Burrell 51, 15
2 2     ✸ C McClean 8314 = Klose 1.1
3 3     Boston: 84.763 Clarke, Investigations at Assos (1902), n. 108 (from Assos) = Klose 1.2
4 4     Klose 1.4 (Ephesus Museum)
5 5     A-KIKPE Kurpfälz Münzhandl. 21 (December 1981), 212 = Klose 1.5