RPC VI, 5705 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5705 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Tryphon (asiarch, of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(ΑΙ) Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟ ΑΙΛ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΙΠΠΙΚΟΥ ΑΠΑMΕΩΝ
Reverse design Kelainos standing nude facing, head left, wearing buskins, holding chlamys and short spear, pouring libation from patera on to rock at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6
Reference I-B, RSN 14 (1908), 33,6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1945.79.2 Egger 46, 1914, 1646 = Mosser, ANSMN 1 (1945), pl. XVII, 5
2 2     GRMK 145, 6
3 3     Leu Numismatik AG 2, 11 May 2018, lot 180 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 1194