RPC VI, 5172 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5172 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Tychikos, son of Poly— (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΖΕΥϹ (retrograde Ζ) ϹΩϹΙΠΟΛΙϹ ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΤΥΧΙΚΟΥ
Edition Μαγνήτων Ζεύς Σωσίπολις ἐπὶ γραμματέως Αὐρηλίου Τυχικοῦ Μαγνήτων Ζεύς Σωσίπολις ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Τυχικοῦ
Translation of the Magnesians, Zeus Sosipolis (City savior), under the grammateus Aurelius Tychikos
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne, left, holding Nike standing, left, and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.16 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 243
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1909,0505.7 Hirsch XXI, 16 Nov. 1908 (Weber), lot 2880, with Taf. XXXIX (rev. only)