RPC VI, 5343 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5343 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Alliance with Aphrodisias
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων Ἀφροδεισιέων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Antiocheans and the Aphrodisians
Reverse design Aphrodite of Aphrodisias standing on basis, right, wearing kalathos and holding flower(?), and Zeus seated, left, holding long sceptre and Nike, offering Aphrodite a wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.38 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke-Nollé 45
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 27670 Franke-Nollé 45
2 2     Numismatik Naumann 148, 5 Jan. 2025, lot 459