RPC VI, 1571 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1571 (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 ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥ ΓΕΤΟΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπατείας Ἰουλίου Γετουλικοῦ Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν ὑπ(ατείας) Ἰου(λίου) Γετουλικοῦ Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Iulius Gaetulicus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Hera standing facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.37 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 984
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu AMNG 984.2
2 2     Bucharest AMNG 984.1
3 3     Sofia AMNG 984.3
4 4     Venice AMNG 984.4
5 5     ✸ Pfeiffer 509
6 6     Solidus 92, 25 Jan. 2022, lot 200, ex P.R. Franke
7 7     Ankara: 60-40/39-91 Sammlungen Türkei 27
8 8     Biga Numismatics EA 38, 27 June 2025, lot 249