RPC VI, 1616 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1616 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta) ; Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Iulius Festus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ (ΑΥΓ) ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος) Ἰουλία Μαίσα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus, Julia Maesa
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΗϹΤΟΥ (or ΦΗϹΤΟΥ) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τιβ(ερίου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Φήστου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tiberius Julius Festus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.76 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1055–1056,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.35.3-6
Specimens 15 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: M2571
2 2     B: L1906 AMNG 1055.2
3 3     C AMNG 1055.1 = Leake Europe 69
4 4     C AMNG 1055.1 = Leake Supp. 133
5 5     Sofia AMNG 1055.2
6 6     AMNG 1055.3 (Chaudoir)
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 20, 29 Aug. 2015, lot 460
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10 –11     Pfeiffer 598, 599
12 12     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 22, 28 Nov. 2015, lot 400
13 13     ✸ Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 44, 3 March 2018, lot 464 = Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 21, 31 Oct. 2015, lot 537
14 14     Solidus Online 12, 17 Feb. 2017, lot 254