RPC VI, 1637 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1637 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Iulius Festus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΗϹΤΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τιβ(ερίου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Φήστου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tiberius Iulius Festus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding corn ears upwards and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 998 (Göttin ... Ähren und Fackel),Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.5.2
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B AMNG 998.1
2 2     Bucharest AMNG 998.2
3 3     St Petersburg AMNG 998.3
4 4     Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.5.2
5 5     ✸ Pfeiffer 526.20