RPC VI, 4830 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4830 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΑϹΤΡΑΙΟϹ
Edition Μητροπολειτῶν Ἀστραῖος Μητροπολειτῶν Ἀστραῖος
Translation of the Metropolitans, Astraios
Reverse design river god Astraios reclining, left, holding reed and resting on vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 4.50 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0601.30
2 2     P: 1629
3 3     ✸ Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 391
4 4     Savoca 26 Blue, 23 Nov. 2019, lot 742
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2623