RPC VI, 1647 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1647 (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
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΗϹΤΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ)
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1009, 1011-1012,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.36.5-7
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.20
2 2     L BMC 69 = AMNG 1011.3
3 3     L: 1844,0425.1558 BMC 70
4 4     Cop: 245 AMNG 1009.2
5 5     NY: 1997.32.60
6 6     Budapest SNG 219
7 7     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1154
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11 –15     Pfeiffer 537, 539, 541, 542, 543
16 16     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 22, 28 Nov. 2015, lot 399
17 17     Savoca 6 Blue, 7 April 2018, lot 545