RPC VI, 896 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 896 (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
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design the Emperor on horse prancing, right, wearing chlamys and holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1745, BMC 92
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1908b Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1745 = BMC 92