RPC VI, 4107 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4107 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Scepsis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡΔΑ(ΝΙ?)
Reverse design Dionysus, nude, standing, facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 2, 6, 7, 8
Reference Winterthur 2790, SNG Leypold 494
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 890
2 2     ✸ B: 18243295, I-B1900
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     Rome: DS109190
5 5     Winterthur: 2790
6 6     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 578
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 494
8 8     Weber 5436
9 9     Olympus Numismatik 3, 5 May 2023, lot 541