RPC VI, 903 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 903 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Fronto ; Aelia Feste
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ Κ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Φρόντωνος καὶ Φήστης Βυζαντίων ἐπ(ὶ) Φρόντωνος κ(αὶ) Φήστης Βυζαντίων
Translation under Fronto and Feste, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.57 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1756, Cop 522
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop: 522 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1756.3
2 2     Bucharest: 1130/53470 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1756.1
3 3     Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1756.2 = Egger 46, 1914, 232