RPC VI, 5281


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/5281 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	5281 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Miletus
Region	Ionia
City	Samos
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition	Σαμίων
Translation	of the Samians
Reverse design	warrior advancing, right, looking back, holding shield and placing foot on prow, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	11.58 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	BMC 278
Specimens	16 (11 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L	BMC 278	29	11.22	6	Show
2	2 ✸	P: 1966.453		29	10.53		Show
3	3	P: 25783			10.89		Show
4	4	P: 25787			12.11		Show
5	5	P: 3441		28	11.17		Show
6	6	P: 3443		28	12.01		Show
7	7	P: 3646		29	12.50		Show
8	8	Mu: 27g		30	11.31	6	Show
9	9	NY: 1944.100.47565		28	11.37	6	Show
10	10	V: GR 18100	Kraft 14, 39	30	12.40	6	Show
11	11	V: GR 18101		28		6	Show
12	12	Bologna		30			Show
13	13	Bologna		29			Show
14	14	Rome: DS110972		30	11.54	6	Show
15	15		Helios Numismat 5, 25 June 2010, lot 753	29	11.39		Show
16	16		CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.	29	12.04	12	Show