RPC VI, 1579 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1579 (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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΙΟΥ ΓΕΤΟΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Hygieia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 990,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.21.1
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15309
2 2     Budapest SNG 214
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 270, 14 Dec. 2011, lot 186
7 7     Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3226
8 8 –9     Pfeiffer 516-517
9 9     Numismatik Naumann 131, 6 Aug. 2023, lot 402