RPC VI, 4959 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4959 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
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 ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΜΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ, ΥICTORIA (?)
Edition Ἐφεσίων μόνων πρώτων Ἀσίας Victoria
Translation of the Ephesians alone, the first of Asia, Victory
Reverse design Nike standing, right, placing foot on helmet, inscribing round shield fixed on palm tree; sometimes, star to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 20.97 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Karwiese 784
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Note See Nollé in Chiron 33 (2003), 459-84
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 17248 Karwiese 786
1 1     ✸ L: 1839,1224.297 BMC 319 = Karwiese 784.1
2 2     P: 1111(78) Karwiese 784.4
3 3     P: 930 Karwiese 784.3
4 4     B: I-B1900 Karwiese 784.2 = KM 61, 72
5 5     C: 78-1992 Karwiese 784.6
6 6     Ödemiş: 4106 SNG 81
7 7     Tire: 2716 SNG 163
8 8     Karwiese 784.7 = Sotheby 1890, lot 301
9 9     Karwiese 784.8 = Greppo 941
10 10     vA 1909 = Karwiese 784.5
11 11     CGT coll. = London Coin Galleries Auction 4, 4 June 2017, lot 743
12 12     CNG EA 404, 23 Aug. 2017, lot 365