RPC VI, 5177 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5177 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Hermes (grammateus for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑΜ?] ΕΡΜΟΥ ΤΟ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ(?)
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Ἑρμῆς τὸ βʹ Μαγνήτων νεωκόρων τῆς Ἄρτεμιδος ἐπὶ γραμ(ματέως) Ἑρμῆς τὸ βʹ Μαγνήτων νεωκόρων τῆς Ἄρτεμιδος
Translation under the grammateus Hermes for the second time, of the Magnesians, neocorate of Artemis
Reverse design Dionysus standing, facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 20.12 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 238
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1523 Schultz 238
2 2     Falghera 1900 (under Magnesia ad Sipylum)