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ID: |
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77000485 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Provincial |
| Region: |
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LYDIA |
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City:
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Magnesia ad Sipylum |
| Issuer: |
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Severus Alexander |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 222-235
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| Metal: |
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Bronze |
| Denomination: |
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AE 36 Medallion |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Diameter: |
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36 mm |
| Weight: |
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20.13 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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AYT K M • AYP CEY H • ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOC |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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MAΓΝH T ΩΝ EΠ I ΓΡ AVP TVΞIK/OV |
| Reverse Description: |
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Zeus Nikephorus seated left on stool. |
| Primary Reference: |
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Imhoof-Blumer, Lydische - |
| Reference2: |
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SNG MÜnchen - |
| Reference3: |
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SNG VA - |
| Reference4: |
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BMC -; SNG Cop -; Mionnet III 671 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114908 |
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Grade:
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Good VF, black-green patina with dusty earthen overtones |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 485 Extremely rare, only the third example of this type known. Apart from the Paris specimen published by Mionnet, the only other published example of the type, though with a different placement of the reverse legend, appeared in the Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber Collection (J. Hirsch XXIV, 10 May 1909), lot 2880, with the reverse illustrated on pl. XXXIX of the catalog. |
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