RPC VI, 5149 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5149 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.78 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Schultz 256–7, 259–63, 265
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: B,1841.2845 BMC 70 = Schultz 261.1
2 2     B: 1918/1653 Schultz 256
3 3     B: L1906 Schultz 259
4 4     B: L1906 Schultz 263
5 5     Cop: 880 Schultz 257
6 6     Mu SNG 634 = Schultz 260
7 7     V: GR 36650 Schultz 265
8 8     Sardis Excavations 100
9 9     Sardis Excavations 100
10 10     Schulman Gallery, June 1969, 1546 = Schultz 261.2
11 11     vA 2056 = Schultz 262.1
12 12     Weber 6013 = Schultz 262.2
13 13     Weber 6014
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     ✸ Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 482
16 16     Leeds-UL: 727
17 17     priv Coll H.I.