RPC VI, 5401 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5401 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Sebastopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΒΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σεβῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Σεβαστοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Sebastopolitans
Reverse design Artemis driving a biga of stags running, right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.71 g
Axis 5
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 260 (as Colossae) = Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 739 = CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 495 = Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 739