RPC VI, 916 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 916 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Magistrate Aemilius Severus (basileus)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ ΑΥΓ
Edition Ἰουλία Μαμαία Αὐγ(ούστα)
Translation Julia Mamaea Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (sometimes reversed Ζ)
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰ(λίου) Σευήρου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Aelius Severus of the Byzantines
Reverse design dolphin, right, between two fishes, the above one right, the below one left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.63 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1772–3
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 87/1904 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1773
2 2     NY Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1772.1
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 147
4 4     V Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1772.2
5 5     Hirsch 260, 12 Feb. 2009, lot 2188
6 6     Milan: 6844 SNG Milano 390
7 7     Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO Auctions 66, 16 Nov. 2020, lot 4284
8 8     David Lowe