RPC VI, 1944 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1944 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ (or ϹΕΥ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (or ΑΛEΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤ(ΟΥ) ΤΟΜΕΩϹ Δ
Reverse design Tyche of the City standing facing, head left, resting on sceptre and holding cornucopia, left foot placed on river god Pontos seated, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 3246–7, 3251
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8314 AMNG 3247.2
2 2     Plovdiv AMNG 3246.2
3 3     Sofia AMNG 3246.3 = RN 1893, 62, 82
4 4     AMNG 3246.1
5 5     AMNG 3247.1
6 6     AMNG 3251
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 345, 25 Feb. 2015, lot 391
9 9     Lindgren III, A58a ('Demeter')