RPC VI, 1593 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1593 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Fir— Philopappus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΦΙΡ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Φιρ(—) Φιλοπάππου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Fir— Philopappus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Apollo standing nude facing, head left, holding laurel branch and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.15 g
Axis 6
Reference Varbanov 1, 1809 var.,H7.4ristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 129
4 4 –5     Pfeiffer 588, 588.10,
6 6     Roma Numismatics Ltd EA 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 832