RPC VI, 4963 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4963 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΟΝΩΝ, ΥICTORIA (?)
Edition Ἐφεσίων πρώτων Ἀσίας μόνων Victoria Ἐφεσίων πρώτων Ἀσίας μόνων Victoria
Translation of the Ephesians, first of Asia, the only ones, Victoria
Reverse design Nike standing, right, placing foot on helmet, inscribing round shield fixed on palm tree; sometimes, star to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.75 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 785
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note See Nollé in Kiron 33 (2003), 459-84

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1865/28723 KM 72 = Karwiese 785.1
2 2     Dresden: 1432 Karwiese 785.2
3 3     Karwiese 785.3 = Basel 1, 1867
4 4     Karwiese 785.4 = NAC 3094
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 249, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 427