RPC VI, 5332 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5332 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΟΥΗ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Αὐρηλίων Νεαπολειτῶν Αὐρ(ηλίων) Νεαπολειτῶν
Translation of the Aurelian Neapolitans
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.99 g
Axis 6
Reference Delrieux NP/9(15)
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1942 Wa 2483 = Delrieux NP/9(15b)
2 2     ✸ B: I-B1900 Delrieux NP/9(15c) = MG 294, 111 (as Neapolis in Ionia)
3 3     Delrieux NP/9(15a) = vA 2641 = Kraft 14, 44b