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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/899 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 899 (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 | ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ |
Edition | ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φρόντωνος καὶ Αἰλ(ίας) Φήστης Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά |
Translation | under Marcus Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, of the Byzantines, Augusta |
Reverse design | the Emperor standing, right, wearing toga, and turreted Tyche standing, left, holding cornucopia, clasping hands over table with agonistic crown |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 38 mm |
Average weight | 32.19 g |
Axis | 1 |
Reference | Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1742 |
Specimens | 2 (2 in the core collections) |