RPC VI, 4639 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4639 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Myrina
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Fu— Meleagros (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Κ ΦΟΥ ΜΕΛΕΑΓΡΟΥ ΜΥΡΕΙΝΑΙωΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κουίντου Φου— Μελεάγρου Μυρειναίων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κ(ουίντου) Φου(—) Μελεάγρου Μυρειναίων
Translation under strategos Quintus Fu— Meleagrosm of the Myrinians
Reverse design Zeus(?) standing facing, head left, holding eagle and resting on long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 20.10 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Kraft 43,38b
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 16879 Kraft 43, 38b
2 2     Harvard: 1983.56.150
3 3     Olympus Numismatik 21, 19 Apr. 2025, lot 530
4 4     Olympus Numismatik 21, 19 Apr. 2025, lot 531