RPC VI, 5157 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5157 (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 cista around which a serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.50 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 287
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p108.9.B BMC 69 = Schultz 287.3
2 2     B: I-B GM 646, 319 = Schultz 287.1
3 3     Cop: 883 Schultz 287.7
4 4     Mu SNG 637 = Schultz 287.8
5 5     NY: 1944.100.46482 Schultz 287.5
6 6     NY: 1944.100.46482 Schultz 287.10
7 7     O Schultz 287.6
8 8     V: GR 28293 Schultz 287.2 (found in Smyrna, 1881)
9 9     Rome: DS110754
10 10     Winterthur SNG 3476 = Schultz 287.9
11 11     Hirsch 272, 4 May 2011, lot 676
12 12     vA 2058 = Schultz 287.4 = Kraft 14, 46a
14 14     ✸ Savoca EA 108 Silver, 31 July 2021, lot 269
15 15     CGT coll.