RPC VI, 4134 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4134 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Gaius ΙΙ the Young (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΓΑΙΟΥ Β ΝΕ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Γαΐου βʹ νέ(ου) Ἀδραμυτηνῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Gaius II the Young, of the Adramytteans
Reverse design Asclepius standing, right, resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.16 g
Axis 5, 7
Reference von Fritze Mys. 161–2, Stauber 234–5
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Milan: 6689 von Fritze Mys. 161.1 = Stauber 234a
2 2     ✸ V-ON SNG Leypold 283
3 3     Stauber 234c = Numismatica Wien 17, 1977, 212
4 4     von Fritze Mys. 161.2 = Stauber 234b
5 5     von Fritze Mys. 162 = Stauber 235
6 6     T. Mullally coll.