RPC VI, 4847 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4847 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Sextus II (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΞΤΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Ξέστου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ξέστου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Xestos II of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne, left, holding eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.20 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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