RPC VI, 5334 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5334 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Dionysios, son of Zenon (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΟΥΗ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκoς) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε<υ>ουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟϹ ΤΟΥ ΖΗΝΩΝΟϹ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διονυσίου τοῦ Ζήνωνος Αὐρ(ηλίτων) Νεαπολειτῶν
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Dionysios, son of Zenon, of the Aurelian Neapolitans
Reverse design Zeus(?) standing facing, head right, holding long sceptre and small cult-statue, and Hera(?) veiled, standing, left, wearing chiton, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.83 g
Axis 12
Reference Delrieux NP/8(14)
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1945 Delrieux NP/8(14a)
2 2     B Delrieux NP/8(14b) = ZfN 15, 1888, 43–4, 2 = Münsterberg 99, 35 (as Neapolis in Ionia)