RPC VI, 4967 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4967 (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition δʹ νεωκόρων Ἑφεσίων δʹ νεωκόρων Ἑφεσίων
Translation of the Ephesians, four times neocorate
Reverse design Tyche standing, right, wearing kalathos, holding cult statue of Artemis Ephesia between star and crescent, grasping hand of veiled togate figure (the Emperor?) seated on sella curulis, left, holding small sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.92 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 794
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.178 BMC 314 = Kraft 15, 48.2 = Karwiese 794.1
2 2     Mu: Leihgaben? Kraft 15, 48.1 = Karwiese 794.2