RPC VI, 5163 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5163 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aulus Atinius Theseos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ Α ΑΤΙΝ ΘΗϹΕΩϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΤΗϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ
Reverse design Demeter riding a biga of serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 237
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1987,1145.1
2 2     ✸ B: L1906 Schultz 237.1 = Kraft 15, 48b.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.46481 Schultz 237.3
4 4     Schultz 237.2 (Hecht Coll.)