RPC VI, 1569 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1569 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Gaetulicus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α(ΥΡ) ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥ ΓΕΤΟΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ(Ν)
Reverse design eagle with spread wings facing, head left, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 994,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.1 and 3
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Different ligatures may occur.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V AMNG 994.1
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     ✸ Hirsch 271, 17 Feb. 2011, lot 2486 = Hirsch 284, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 2967
4 4     Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 35, 6 Sept. 2015, lot 348
5 5 –6     Pfeiffer 522, 523.10