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VI, 906 (temporary)
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/906
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Volume
VI
Number
906 (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
three nude athletes each holding globe, the one at left, standing, left, the one at right, advancing, right, the one in the middle standing, left, looking back, holding globe over athlete's head before him and knee on urn
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
33 mm
Average weight
22.63 g
Axis
1, 6, 7
Reference
Schönert-Geiss,
Byzantion
1755, SNG Milano 388
Specimens
6 (0 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
Milan: 6628
Schönert-Geiss,
Byzantion
1755 = SNG 388
33
24.20
7
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2
2
CNG EA 469, 3 June 2020, lot 214
33
21.58
1
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4
4
Lanz 109, May 2002, 697
35
27.47
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5
5
Nomos obolos 21, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 649
33
19.89
7
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6
6
C. S. Okray coll. (Ankara) =
Sammlungen Türkei
1460
33
26.66
6
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7
7
CNG EA 576, 4 Dec. 2024, lot 310 = Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 58
31.5
15.97
7
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