RPC VI, 1688 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1688 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Um— Tereventinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΟΥΜ ΤΕΡΕΒΕΝΤ(Ε)ΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἡγ(εμόνος) Οὐμ(—) Τερεβεντεῖνου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation of the governor Um— Tereventinus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and patera over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.67 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1035–1036,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.36.9
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha AMNG 1036.1 = Mi S, II, 104, 293
2 2     B: 18618 AMNG 1035.1 = Mi S, II, 104, 293
3 3     AMNG 1036.2 (Schmidt)
4 4     P: 659 AMNG 1035.2
5 5     Venice AMNG 1036.3
6 6     NY: 1944.100.15308
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3227
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 504, 17 Nov. 2021, lot 188
11 11     Solidus 89, 16 Nov. 2021, lot 1007
12 12 –13     Pfeiffer 571, 572.20
13 13 –14     Budapest SNG 236-237
14 14     Alpha 8, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 132
15 15     Aphrodite Art Coins 13, 26–28 Aug. 2023, lot 576