RPC VI, 902 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 902 (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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ
Reverse design inscribed agonistic crown with two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1746–8
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18235875, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1748
2 2     V: GR 8527 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1746 = Mi S. II, 267, 388
3 3     Brussels Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1747
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 539
5 5     CNG EA 331, 23 July 2014, lot 155