RPC VI, 894 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 894 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelia Feste ; Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design radiate bust of Severus Alexander, right, weaing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φροντῶνος καὶ Αἰλ(ίας) Φήστης Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, of the Byzantines
Reverse design the Emperor on horse prancing, right, wearing chlamys and about to spear lion running right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 31.38 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1737
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note Doubtful specimen; artificial yellowish patina; signs of tooling(?)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 93 = Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1737
2 2     P: 473
3 3     ✸ Leu EA 18, 18 Dec. 2021, lot 1897