RPC VI, 5155 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5155 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus 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 4.67 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 258, 266–67
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1594 Schultz 258
2 2     B Schultz 267 (found in Magnesia)
3 3     Mu SNG 633 = Schultz 266
4 4     Tire: 1391 SNG 234
5 5     Tire: 2007-22 SNG 559
6 6     Tire: 2007-470 SNG 233
7 7     ✸ Lindgren I, 502 = CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 307
8 8     CGT coll.