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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/5159 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |