RPC VI, 1589 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1589 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus) ; Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Magistrate Fir— Philopappus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος καὶ Ἰουλία Μαμαῖα Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος καὶ Ἰουλία Μαμαῖα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΦΙΡ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε
Edition ὑπατείας Φιρ— Φιλόπαππου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατείας) Φιρ(—) Φιλόπαππου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Fir— Philopappus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Hera standing facing, head left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.96 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1082,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.34.3.1
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Plovdiv AMNG 1082.1
2 2     AMNG 1082.2
3 3     AMNG 1082.3
4 4     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 268 = Roma Numismatics Ltd 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2401
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Pfeiffer 625.30
7 7     Pfeiffer 625.31
8 8     Numismatik Naumann 153, 1 June 2025, lot 324