RPC VI, 1638 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1638 (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 and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.82 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 1015-1016 (Abundantia),Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.5.3
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note AMNG 1015-1016 are described as having a head, not a bust, on the obv.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1997.32.61
2 2     Budapest SNG 222
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 287