RPC VI, 907 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 907 (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 ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ (or ΑΥΡ) ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ (or ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ) Κ(ΑΙ) 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 two wicker torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.60 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1757–9
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 467 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1759 = Mi S. II, 268, 392
2 2     ✸ V: GR 8531 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1758
3 3     A: 215 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1757
4 4     CNG 215, 29 July 2009, 409 = CNG EA 507, 5 Jan. 2022, lot 201
5 5     Roma Numismatics EA 90, 18 Nov. 2021, lot 777
6 6     Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 196
7 7     Savoca 31st Blue Auction, 25 April 2020, lot 609