RPC VI, 5151 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5151 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design Dionysus standing, facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.64 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 249–52
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 885 = Schultz 250.2
2 2     Mu SNG 632 = Schultz 249.3
3 3     O Milne, NC 17, 1937, 15a (found in Ephesos) = Schultz 252
4 4     ✸ O Milne, NC 17, 1937, 15b = Schultz 249.2
5 5     A Schultz 251
6 6     Istanbul Schultz 249.1
7 7     Turin Schultz 250.1
8 8     Sardis Excavations 99
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Naumann 97, 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1098