RPC VI, 5848 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5848 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Baris
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΑΡΗΝΩΝ ΘΕΜΙϹ
Reverse design three nude athletes each holding a pebble, those at the sides standing, right and left, the one in the middle standing facing, head left, and placing hand in vase; above, agonistic crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 11
Reference vA Pisid. 266–7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2463 vA Pisid. 266 = vA 5011
2 2     Boston: 1983.3
3 3     Istanbul vA Pisid. 267
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2059
5 5     Lanz 147, 2 Nov. 2009, lot 423