RPC VI, 1642 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1642 (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 (or 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 Hera standing facing, head left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.00 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.3.6
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.138
2 2     Sofia AMNG 995/1
3 3     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1153
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Pfeiffer 525