RPC VI, 4602 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4602 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Phocaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Theodosianos (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ΘΕΟΔΟϹΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΟ Β ΦΩΚΑΙΕ
Reverse design city goddess standing facing, holding patera(?), looking back to Cybele(?) standing, left, flanked by two lions, holding patera(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 148
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 148 = Kraft 3, 17d.3