RPC VI, 5014 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5014 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΤΥΧΗ (sometimes, star)
Edition Ἐφεσίων Τύχη
Translation of the Ephesians, Fortune
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.94 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karwiese 737–8 (as caesar)
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 463 Karwiese 737.1
2 2     Mu SNG 294 = Karwiese 737.4
3 3     Ephesus: 32/26/80 Karwiese 738.7
4 4     Ödemiş: 7181 SNG 78
5 5     Tire: 87-43 SNG 157
6 6     Tire: 87-87 SNG 158
7 7     V-Universität: 1.124.72B Karwiese 738.6
8 8     V-Universität: 12/47/77 (Hanghaus 2) Karwiese 738.5
9 9     V-Universität: 16/67 (Hanghaus 2) Karwiese 737.10
10 10     V-Universität: 72/K53 (Artemision) Karwiese 737.9
11 11     V-Universität: 7248 Karwiese 738.2
12 12     ✸ CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 243
13 13     Karwiese 737.2 (from the excavations at Metropolis?)
14 14     Karwiese 737.3 = Elsen 30, 89
15 15     Karwiese 737.6
16 16     Karwiese 737.7
17 17     Karwiese 737.8 = Welzl de W. 5404
18 18     vA 1910 = Karwiese 737.5
19 19     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 467