RPC VI, 5087 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5087 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Hierokles (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΕΙΕΡΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Εἰεροκλέους Τραλλιανῶν νεωκόρων τῶν Σεβαστῶν ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Εἰεροκλέους Τραλλιανῶν νεωκόρων τῶν Σεβαστῶν
Translation under the grammateus Marcus Aurelius Hierokles, of the Trallians, neocorate of the Augusti
Reverse design Heracles seated, right, resting on club set on rock and holding lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 20.30 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 313 corr.
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 185, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 202 (ex J.S. Wagner, ex Mabbott = Schulman, June 1969, 1862)
2 2     Rauch EA 40, 23 Sept. 2022, lot 155