RPC VI, 4189 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4189 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Eresus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Astykrates? (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Σ(εβῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΤ ΑϹΤΥ[Ρ?]ΑΤΟϹ ΕΡΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition στ(ρατηγοῦ) Ἀστυ<κ>ράτος Ἐρεσίων
Translation of strategos Astykrates, of the Eresians
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The personal name is uncertain, and there seems to be only one letter after ΑϹΤΥ and before ΑΤΟϹ. Perhaps ΑϹΤΥΡΑΤΟϹ, as in Astyras, though no such name appears in LGPN. Ralli-Lagos Alexander Severus (1) cite Sestini for the reading ΕΡΕϹΙΝ ϹΤ ΑϹΙ ΖΕΚΟϹ, which is probably the same thing.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Milan: 6662