RPC VI, 5163 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5163 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aulus Atinius Theseos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ Α ΑΤΙΝ ΘΗϹΕΩϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΤΗϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Α(ὐλοῦ) Ἀτιν(ίου) Θησέως Μαγνήτων νεωκό(ρων) τῆς Ἄρτεμιδος
Translation under the grammateus Aulus Atinius Theseos, of the Magnesians, neocorate of Artemis
Reverse design Demeter riding a biga of serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 18.91 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 237
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1987,1145.1
2 2     ✸ B: L1906 Schultz 237.1 = Kraft 15, 48b.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.46481 Schultz 237.3
4 4     Schultz 237.2 (Hecht Coll.)