RPC VI, 4160 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4160 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadriani ad Olympum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Polyainos (archon)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription EΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΠΟΛΥΑΙΝΟΥ ΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing facing nude, head right, holding plectrum and leaning on tripod around which a serpent is coiled, surmounted by lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference von Fritze Mys 533–4
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1533 vA 7240
2 2     P: 639 SNG 1075 = Wa 837 = von Fritze Mys 533 = JIA, I, 249, 31 (as Hadrianeia)
3 3     Cop: 174 von Fritze Mys 534
4 4     NY: 1971.230.11
5 5     Aquila 3, 2 July 2022, lot 603