RPC VI, 1656 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1656 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΗϹΤΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1015,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.38.2
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15310
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 270, 14 Dec. 2011, lot 188
7 7 –8     Pfeiffer 551, 551.20