RPC VI, 5159 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5159 (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 infant Dionysus seated in cradle, right, extending arms; behind, thyrsus, below, serpent, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference Schultz 280–1
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1853,1215.11 BMC 68 = Schultz 280.1
2 2     ✸ B: 18242987, 1906 Löbbecke Schultz 280.2
3 3     Cop: 882 Schultz 280.5
4 4     Mu SNG 636 = Schultz 280.3
5 5     V: GR 32978 Schultz 281
6 6     Hirsch 21 (1908), 2881 = Schultz 280.4 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 586
7 7     Lindgren I, 501
8 8     Weber 6012
9 9     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 326, ex Kölner 69, 6 November 1998
10 10     CNG EA 534, 15 Mar. 2023, lot 324