RPC VI, 4963 (temporary)

 

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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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΟΝΩΝ, ΥICTORIA (?)
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
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 785
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note See Nollé in Kiron 33 (2003), 459-84
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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