RPC VI, 4835 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4835 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΟΥΗ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 11, Cop 913, SNG München 673
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1919,0417.45 (under Miletopolis)
2 2     L: B,1841.2851 BMC 11
3 3     B: Rauch
4 4     Cop: 913
5 5     Mu SNG 673
6 6     O
7 7     V: GR 30402
8 8     V: GR 30833
9 9     Rome: DS110766
10 10     SNG Tatiş 214
11 11     Tire: 91-1073 SNG 259
12 12     CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 382
13 13     ✸ CNG 307, July 2013, 178
14 14     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 731 = Numismatik Naumann 46, Aug. 2016, 600 = Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 682
15 15     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 462
16 16     Wildwinds, Mar. 2013
17 17     priv Coll H.I.