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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΙΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition Πείων Ἐφεσίων
Translation Peion, of the Ephesians
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
Average weight 18.53 g
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