RPC VI, 904 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 904 (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 ΑΥΡΗ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
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 prize table holding one agonistic crown with palm branch and one bag, right, seen from right; below, jug
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.00 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1754
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 457 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1754 = Mi S. II, 267, 387