RPC VI, 1622 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1622 (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 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 (or ΦΗϹΤΟΥ) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or 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 serpent coiled head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1062,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.22.2-3
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906 AMNG 1062.1
2 2     V AMNG 1062.3 = Arneth Sitzungsber 9, 895, 81
3 3     Budapest SNG 247
4 4     Sofia AMNG 1062.2
5 5     AMNG 1062.4 = Mi S. II, 108, 315
6 6     Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH > Auction 73, May 2004, 416 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K. 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1859
7 7     ✸ Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH E-23, 24 June 2017, lot 1693
8 8     CNG EA 161, 28 Mar. 2007, lot 117
9 9     CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 188
10 10     CNG EA 373, 20 Apr. 2016, lot 263
11 11 –12     Pfeiffer 602, 603
13 13     Roma Numismatics Ltd EA 62, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 697
14 14     Solidus 89, 16 Nov. 2021, lot 1009
15 15     Ankara: 123-60/32-91 Sammlungen Türkei 32