RPC VI, 32 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 32 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Thessaly
City Magnesia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ[Ρ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΩ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀργώ Μαγνήτων
Translation Argo of the Magnesians
Reverse design ship Argo sailing, right, with rowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.51 g
Axis 1, 3, 8, 12
Reference BMC 66 (under Magnesia ad Meandrum), Rogers 373
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1924,1016.46
2 2     ✸ L: 1849,0602.20 BMC 66 (under Magnesia ad Meandrum) = Rogers 373
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     Triton XV, Jan. 2012, 438.2