RPC VI, 5752 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5752 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Cotiaeum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Hermaphilos (first 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 Π ΑΙΛ ΕΡΜΑΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ Α ΚΟΤΙΑEΩΝ
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 31 mm
Average weight 14.64 g
Axis 12
Reference Wa 5906
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 901 Wa 5906
2 2     Tübingen SNG 4111
3 3     CGT coll. = Savoca 39th Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 181
5 5     Numismatik Naumann 77, 5 May 2019, lot 486
6 6     Zeus Numismatics EA 28, 13 Aug. 2023, lot 289
7 7     Numismad 9, 8–9 Sept. 2023, lot 830