RPC VI, 895 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 895 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelia Feste ; Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ
Edition Αλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος) Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος)
Translation Alexander Augustus Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, seen from rear, holding spear and decorated shield
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 28.86 g
Axis 8
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1738
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 155/101 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1738.1
2 2     G Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1738.2 = Hunterian I, 397, 32