RPC VI, 4578 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4578 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Aristonikos Iulianus (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ(Ρ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, [ ]ΑΔΕΛΦ[ ], ΚΟΙΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Reverse design two inscribed agonistic crowns on a table with one palm branch each, one inscribed; between them, purse; below, vase between two aspergilla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 375-6, Hochard 1549 and 1556
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note the inscriptions on the crowns are now almost legible from the new Leu specimen

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 102
2 2     P: 1013
3 3     B: I-B1900 LS 126, 41
4 4     CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 190
5 5     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
6 6     Boston: 63.222 Hesperia Art Bulletin XX, 1963, no. 118
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Leu EA 20, 25 June 2022, lot 1960
9 9     Inasta 103, 25 Oct. 2022, lot 93