RPC VI, 5185 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5185 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Stratonikos (grammateus for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΤΟ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns, within which Artemis Leukophryene standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports, being crowned by two Nikai flying on both sides; in pediment, globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.33 g
Axis 12
Reference Schultz 246
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1740 vA 7923 = Kraft 14, 42b = Schultz 246.2 = Burrell 143, 1c
2 2     Mu SNG 631 = Schultz 246.1 = Burrell 143, 1b
3 3     R. Becker coll., ex Numismatik Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 296