RPC VI, 5333 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5333 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Dionysios, son of Zenon (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΟΥΗ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκoς) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε<υ>ουῆ(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 ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟϹ ΣΗΝΩΝΟϹ (sic) ΑΝΕΘΗΚΑ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Αὐρ(ήλιος) Διονύσιος {Σ}<Ζ>ηνῶνος ἀνέθηκα Αὐρ(ηλίοις) Νεαπολειτῶν
Translation Aurelius Dionysios, son of Zenon, I dedicated (this), of the Aurelian Neapolitans
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, within which Apollo standing facing, head right, holding lyre on tripod around which serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 17.56 g
Axis 12
Reference Delrieux NP/7(13)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1893,0603.51 Delrieux NP/7(13) = HN² 587 = Price/Trell 266, 447 = Kraft 14, 41a (as Neapolis in Ionia)