RPC VI, 1644 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1644 (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(ΡΟϹ) ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευήρος 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 Hestia (?) standing facing, head left, holding patera and short rod (or torch or sceptre?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.88 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 999; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.35.13
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P AMNG 999.1
2 2     Mu AMNG 1008.1 (Göttin in langem Gewand l. stehend, in der R. Schale, im l. Arm einem kurzen Stab)
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Pfeiffer 527 (Hestia with torch)
6 6     Pfeiffer 536 (Nemesis?)