RPC VI, 1621 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1621 (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 ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Ἰουλία Μαΐσα Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Ἰουλία Μαΐσα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander 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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε (sometimes retrograde Ε)
Edition ὑπατείας Τιβερίου Ἰουλίου Φήστου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατείας) Τιβ(ερίου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Φήστου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tiberius Julius Festus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding scales and rod; at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.02 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1057,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.35.1
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.35.2 give the same type for Philopappos but the relevant part of the rev. legend is illegible.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1915/93
2 2     B
3 3     Cop: 250 AMNG 1057.1
4 4     Odessa AMNG 1057.2
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 93, 6 Jan. 2022, lot 782 = Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 738
9 9     M. Cambreling
10 10     Çanakkale Sammlungen Türkei 954