RPC VI, 5288 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5288 (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 head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design female figure standing facing, head left, wearing short chiton, holding sceptre and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.32 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 279–80, Cop 1748, SNG Glasgow 1787
Specimens 12 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1851,0503.318 BMC 279
2 2     L: Th,III.2256 BMC 280
3 3     ✸ P: 3448
4 4     Cop: 1748
5 5     G SNG 1787 = Hunterian II, 408, 20
6 6     Mu: 32093
7 7     NY: 1944.100.47569
8 8     O
9 9     O
10 10     V: GR 18104
11 11     Bologna
12 12     CGT coll. = Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 450 = Naumann 97, 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1332 ex Plankenhorn coll.