RPC VI, 1662 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1662 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus) ; Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Magistrate Um— Tereventinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea, left
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΟΥΜ ΤΕΡΕΒΕΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε
Reverse design Apollo standing nude facing, head right, placing arm on his head and holding bow, leaning on small tree around which a serpent is coiled; to left, small lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 636
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1261 = Varbanov 1, 1821 (this coin)
3 3     Pfeiffer 621
4 4     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 18, 27 June 2015, lot 686