RPC VI, 5856 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5856 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Prostanna
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟϹΤΑΝΝΕΩΝ ΘΕΜΙϹ
Reverse design three nude athletes each holding pebble, those at the sides standing, right and left, the one in the middle standing facing, head left, placing hand in vase; above, agonistic crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Pisid. 1809
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0601.61 vA Pisid. 1809 = Kraft 108, 11.1
2 2     ✸ Leu Numismatik AG 1, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 123