RPC VI, 5746 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5746 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Cotiaeum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Quintus Quintianus (archon)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding sceptre and raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΙΝΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Κοϊντοῦ Κοϊντιανοῦ ἄρχ(οντος) Κοτιαέων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Quintus Quintianus, archon, of the Cotiaeans
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff, facing Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; between them, Telesphorus standing facing, wearing mantle and hood
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG Fitzwilliam 4960
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Leake SNG 4960
2 2     ✸ Editions V. Gadoury 2015, 14 Nov. 2015, lot 72
3 3     M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 540 = Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 218 = Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 229
4 4     Emporium Hamburg Alpha 6, 11 July 2021, lot 414