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Æ22 - Severus Alexander ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Features

Issuer Metropolis (Ionia) (Conventus of Ephesus)
Emperor Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) (222-235)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 222-235
Composition Bronze
Weight 5.06 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
496250
References RPC Online VI# 4833
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Lettering: Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος

Translation: Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander

Reverse

Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Translation: of the Metropolitans

Mint

Metropolis, Ionia, modern-day Yeniköy, Turkey

Comments

SNG vA 6797, SNG München 672, SNG Leypold 675

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ)
© British Museum, 1979,0101.1747
21 mm3.82 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ)
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, 1630B
22 mm8.88 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ)
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, 1630C
21 mm5.29 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ)
© Staatliche Münzsammlung München, 17548
23 mm5.72 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ)
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1924.999.88
22 mm4.73 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ22 - Severus Alexander (ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ)
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
22 mm3.71 g 6h (see more)
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