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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design cista around which a serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
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.