RPC VI, 1559 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1559 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus) ; Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Magistrate Iulius Gaetulicus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΙΟΥ ΜΑΜΜΕΑ (sic)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear, facing draped bust of Julia Mamaea, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥ ΓΕΤΟΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ) Ε
Reverse design Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 1068
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 AMNG 1068.1
2 2     V AMNG 1068.3 = Mi S. II, 108, 316
3 3     Sofia AMNG 1068.2
4 4     Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 843
5 5     ✸ Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 1017
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Pfeiffer 609.20
8 8 –10     Pfeiffer 609.20, 609.21, 609.22