RPC VI, 897 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 897 (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, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) 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 horseback advancing, right, holding reins and saluting
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 31.90 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1740
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: N4933 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1740
2 2     CNG 69, June 2005, 933 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 933
3 3     Boston: 66.820