RPC VI, 3548 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3548 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ἐν Πὸντῳ
Translation of the Heracleans in Pontus
Reverse design Heracles advancing nude, left, lion skin around his neck, raising club and holding Hydra of Lerna by one of its heads
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.14 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 645 = Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 645