RPC VI, 1667 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1667 (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 ΙΟΥΛΙ 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 Heracles standing facing nude, head left, holding lion skin and resting on club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1064 corr., Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.14.1 corr. (Maesa)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note AMNG was unsure of the identity of the empress, but the CNG coin confirms that it is Julia Mamaea.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B1900 AMNG 1064
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 373, 20 Apr. 2016, lot 262
4 4 –5     Pfeiffer 625, 626