RPC VI, 4182


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4182 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	4182 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Adramyteum
Region	Lesbus
City	Methymna
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate	Lollianus (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription	Α Κ Μ Α Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σ(εβῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right,wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΕΠ ϹΤΡ Τ Β ΛΟΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition	ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) τ(ὸ) βʹ Λολλιανοῦ Μηθυμναίων
Translation	under the governor for the second time, Lollianus, of the Methymnians
Reverse design	city goddess (?) seated on throne, left, holding tansverse sceptre and Nike offering her a wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	19.05 g
Axis	6
Reference	Franke, Methymna 29
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: I-B1900	Franke, Methymna 29a	33	19.33	6	Rev.: GIC 274 (figure r. (on reverse))	Show
2	2	V: GR 16919	Kraft taf. 49, 11 = Franke, Methymna 29c	34				Show
3	3	Bern	SNG 826	35	20.26	6	Rev.: GIC 274 (figure r. (on reverse)) ; GIC 274 photo	Show
4	4		Hirsch XXI, 1908, 2716	33			Rev.: GIC 274 (figure r. (on reverse)) ; Consul Weber Coll.	Show
5	5		CNG EA 496, 21 July 2021, lot 286	32.6	17.56	6		Show