RPC VI, 900 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 900 (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
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 wearing radiate crown and toga, driving a quadriga, right, holding aplustre, reins and sceptre; behind, Nike standing, right, crowning him with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 31.11 g
Axis 1, 7, 8
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1741
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1782
2 2     Mu: 18169 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1741.2
3 3     CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 868
4 4     B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1741.1
5 5     Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2745 = Hirsch 300, 2014, lot 162 = Hirsch 368, 23 Sept. 2021, lot 3424
6 6     ✸ Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 578
7 7     Verona: 71891 SNG 724