RPC VI, 5848 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5848 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Baris
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΑΡΗΝΩΝ ΘΕΜΙϹ
Edition Βαρηνῶν Θέμις Βαρηνῶν Θέμις
Translation of the Barisians, Themide (games)
Reverse design three nude athletes each holding a pebble, those at the sides standing, right and left, the one in the middle standing facing, head left, and placing hand in vase; above, agonistic crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.32 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference vA Pisid. 266–7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2463 vA Pisid. 266 = vA 5011
2 2     Boston: 1983.3
3 3     Istanbul vA Pisid. 267
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2059
5 5     Lanz 147, 2 Nov. 2009, lot 423