RPC VI, 1640 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #22

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1640 (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 ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
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 eagle with spread wings facing, head left, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.40 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1018–1019, 1022, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.1.7, 12 and 14-15
Specimens 22 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1928,0510.3
2 2     Mu AMNG 1019/1
3 3     Mu AMNG 1019/2
4 4     V: Froelich 4 tentam. 306,222 AMNG 1019/4
5 5     Budapest SNG 225
6 6     Münster: M 456
7 7     Venice: Marciana AMNG 1019/3
8 8     AMNG 1019/5 = Mi S. 2, 104, 294
9 9     AMNG 1019/6
10 10     Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch EA 35, 17 Sept. 2020, lot 127
11 11     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1158
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CNG EA 353, 17 June 2015, lot 261
18 18 –19     Pfeiffer 553, 554
20 20     Savoca 39th Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 101
21 21     Çanakkale Sammlungen Türkei 953
22 22     ✸ Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 614