RPC VI, 1599 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1599 (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 ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΦΙΡ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπατείας Φιρ— Φιλοπάππου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν ὑπ(ατείας) Φιρ(—) Φιλοπάππου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Fir— Philopappus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Hera standing, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.79 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.3.8
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L2205
2 2     Budapest SNG 239
3 3     ✸ Tübingen: 828
4 4     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1162
5 5     Naumann 112, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 339
6 6 –7     Pfeiffer 579, 580
7 7     CNG EA 535, 29 Mar. 2023, lot 197
8 8     CV coll., ex Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 551
9 9     Aphrodite Art Coins G8, 1–2 Mar. 2025, lot 385