RPC VI, 913 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 913 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aemilius Severus (basileus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠI ΒΑϹ ΑΙΜΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm branch; at her feet, Corinthian helmet on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1700–3
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 10096 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1702 = Mouchmov 3387
1 1     G Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1700 = Hunterian I, 397, 33
2 2     A Zarifis Donation 17
3 3     ✸ B: 18235872, 1906 Löbbecke Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1703.1
4 4     L: 1862,0730.3 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1701 = BMC 97
5 5     Bucharest: 25165 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1703.2
6 6     Savoca 137 Blue, 9 July 2022, lot