RPC VI, 4964 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4964 (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 ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΙΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design mountain-god Peion bearded, reclining, left, within a cave(?), holding cult statue of Artemis Ephesia and cornucopia; above, boar pierced by spear, right; to right, tree and temple with two columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 788
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B 1900 Karwiese 788.2
2 2     ✸ Tire: 79-246 SNG 165
3 3     Winterthur: G 2951 Karwiese 788.1; Bloesch GrM 2 (1997) Nr. 2951
4 4     CGT coll. = Pecumen auction 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 632
5 5     R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 276
6 6     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 632