RPC VI, 5164 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5164 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Demonikos, son of Severianus (grammateus for the second time)
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 ΑΙΛ ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ϹΕΒΕΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΟ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΤΗϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αἰλ(ίου) Δημονείκου Σεβηριανοῦ τὸ βʹ Μαγνήτων νεωκό(ρου) τῆς Ἄρτεμιδος
Translation under the grammateus Aelius Demonikos, son of Severianus, for the second time, of the Magnetes, neocorate of Artemis
Reverse design Isis standing facing, holding sistrum and situla, to left, and Sarapis standing facing, holding sceptre and raising hand, to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 22.11 g
Reference Schultz 239
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1519 Wa 1749 = Schultz 239 = Kraft 15, 48b.2
2 2     ✸ Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2747