RPC VI, 2053 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2053 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Istrus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΖ(retrograde)ΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεβ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἰστριηνῶν Ἰστριηνῶν
Translation of the Istrians
Reverse design Demeter or Persephone standing, left, holding long torch and corn ears over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.90 g
Axis 12
Reference Varbanov 664
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1905,0404.18
2 2     O
3 3     O
4 4     GalerieNum IV, Nov. 2004, 356
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3196
6 6     Kagan Coll.