RPC VI, 5349 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5349 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Harpasa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΑΕΞΑΝΔΡ (sic)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἁρπασηνῶν
Translation of the Harpasians
Reverse design river god reclining, left, holding reed and cornucopia and resting on vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.14 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Delrieux HP/17(26)
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 679 Wa 2396 = Delrieux HP/17(26a)
2 2     B: L1906 Delrieux HP/17(26b)
4 4     ✸ Winterthur: G 7575 Helios Numismatik 3, 29 April 2009, lot 434
5 5     Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1008
6 6     CNG EA 536, 12 Apr. 2023, lot 348