RPC VI, 5804 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5804 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Vibius Diophantοs (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧ ΑΥΡ ΒΕΙΒΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΦΑΝΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ ϹΕΒ
Edition ἄρχ(οντος) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Βιβίου Διοφάντου Ἁδριανοπολ(ιτῶν) Σεβ(αστῶν)
Translation of the archon Aurelius Vibius Diophantos, of the Augustan Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding palm branch and wreath; globe beneath left foot
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.38 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG vA 8373
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1193
2 2     ✸ P: 1195 Wa 6074
3 3     B: I-B1900 KM 233, 6
4 4     vA 8373
6 6     CGT coll.