RPC VI, 179 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 179 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding palm branch and Kabeiros
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.61 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 264–83
Specimens 26 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2006.40
2 2     P: 10210 Touratsoglou 264
3 3     P: 1424 Touratsoglou 267
4 4     C: L8769 SNG Leake S. 16 = Touratsoglou 274
5 5     C: M3216-2007 Touratsoglou 278
6 6     Cop: 422 Touratsoglou 276
7 7     Mu: ? Touratsoglou 283
8 8     O Touratsoglou 272 (found in Strymon)
9 9     V: GR 10052 Touratsoglou 282
10 10     A: 222/1978 Touratsoglou 266
11 11     Dresden: 2844 Touratsoglou 277
12 12     Kavala Touratsoglou 279 (found in Amphipolis)
13 13     ✸ Leeds-UL: 589
14 14     Milan: 6651 Touratsoglou 273
15 15     Plovdiv Touratsoglou 268
16 16     St Petersburg: 3040 Touratsoglou 275
17 17     Thessaloniki: 191 Touratsoglou 271
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CNG EA 256, 25 May 2011, lot 232
20 20     M&M GmbH 41, 11 Dec. 2014, lot 137
21 21     RomAetNum
22 22     Touratsoglou 265
23 23     Touratsoglou 269 (New York Priv. Coll.)
24 24     Touratsoglou 270
25 25     Touratsoglou 280
26 26     Touratsoglou 281