RPC VI, 4150 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4150 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadrianeia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Hipponikos (strategos and archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὐτ<ο>κρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἱππονείκου ἄρχοντος τὸ βʹ Ἁδριανέων ἐπὶ Ἱππονείκου ἄρχ(οντος) τὸ βʹ Ἁδριανέων
Translation under Hipponikos, archon for the second time, of the Hadrianeans
Reverse design Cybele standing facing, head left, holding tympanum and long sceptre; at her feet, lion seated on each side, one, right, the other, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze Mys 478
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.62
2 2     P: 640 Wa 838 (under Hadriani) = SNG 1050 = von Fritze Mys 478.1 = JIN I, 249, 31 = Kraft 43, 36c
3 3     Cop: 170
4 4     NY: 1944.100.42936
5 5     Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 32, Dec. 2014, 87
6 6     von Fritze Mys 478.2 = von Fritze Mys 478.1(?)
7 7     ✸ Savoca 18 Blue, 30 Mar. 2019, lot 1033 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 596 (part)