RPC VI, 915 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 915 (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 ΒΥΣΑΝΤΙΩΝ (or ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ) ΕΠI ΒΑϹ ΑΙΜΙ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΥ (or ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ)
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1705–6, SNG Milano 387
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1706
2 2     Mu: 13033 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1705.1
3 3     Milan: 997.16.33 SNG Milano 387
4 4     ✸ Münster: M 500 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1705.2
5 5     Sofia: 577