RPC VI, 1590 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1590 (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 Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.42 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 1085, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.36.3 (Maesa)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 679 AMNG 1085
2 2     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1196
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Pfeiffer coll. = Numismatik Naumann 152, 4 May 2025, lot 336