RPC VI, 4201 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4201 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Perperene
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Herostratos II (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ Η[...]ϹΤΡΑΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἡ[---]στράτου Περπερηνίων
Translation under strategos Aurelius He[---]rostratos of the Perperenians
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear and resting on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 26.58 g
Axis 6
Reference Stauber 62–3
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BK.475 BMC 12 = Kraft 44, 41 = Stauber 62
2 2     G SNG 1323 = Hunterian II, 286, 2 = Stauber 63