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
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 infant Dionysus seated in cradle, right, extending arms; behind, thyrsus, below, serpent, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.60 g
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