RPC VI, 6120 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6120 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ ϹΕΒ ΚΑ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) Κα(ῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar, son of Augustus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing a decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ
Edition Περγαίων
Translation of the Pergaeans
Reverse design front view of a temple with two columns, within which cult statue of Pergaean Artemis, facing between crescent, to left, and star, to right; on either side of the statue, pilaster surmounted by eagle(?); in pediment, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.89 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 45, Watson 76
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 45
2 2     P: 375 SNG 474 = Wa 3378
3 3     P: 380 SNG 475 = Wa 3379
4 4     B
5 5     Cop: 337
6 6     ✸ Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 831
7 7     B