RPC VI, 5710 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5710 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Tryphon (asiarch, of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Π ΑΙΛ ΤΡΥ ΑϹΙΑΡ ΙΠΠΙΚ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ποπλίου Αἰλίου Τρύφωνος Ἀσιάρχου ἱππικοῦ Ἀπαμεῶν ἐπὶ Π(οπλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Τρύ(φωνος) Ἀσιάρ(χου) ἱππικ(οῦ) Ἀπαμεῶν
Translation under Publius Aelius Tryphon, asiarch of equestrian rank, of the Apameans
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 6.89 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 180, Winterthur 4067
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1901,0601.104 BMC 180
2 2     Winterthur: 4067
3 3     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 624