RPC VI, 5807 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5807 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Menophilos Myrm— (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Μᾶρκον Αὐρήλιον Σευῆρον Ἀλέξανδρον Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐ(ρήλιον) Σευ(ῆρον) Ἀλέξανδρον
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Χ (sic) ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΥΡΜ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ ϹΕΒ
Edition ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Μηνοφίλου Μυρμ— Ἁδριανοπολειτῶν Σεβαστῶν ἐπὶ <ἄρ>χ(οντος) Μηνοφίλου Μυρμ(—) Ἁδριανοπο(λειτῶν) Σεβ(αστῶν)
Translation under archon Menophilos Myrm— of the Augustan Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.74 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 6–7
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1881,0610.13 BMC 6
2 2     L: B,414 BMC 7
3 3     B: I-B1900 KM 233, 5
4 4     NY: 1971.230.75
5 5     Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 32, Dec. 2014, 88
6 6     CGT coll. = Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 491
7 7     ✸ H.I. coll.
8 8     Boston: 63.1404