RPC VI, 1623 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1623 (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 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 Tyche standing facing (with kalathos), head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1061,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.38.1
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906
2 2     AMNG 1061 (Schmidt)
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Pfeiffer 601.30
5 5     Solidus Online 16, 17 June 2017, lot 188
6 6     Roma EA 107, 16 Mar. 2023, lot 853
7 7     Ankara: 2-20/16-93 Sammlungen Türkei 31