RPC VI, 925 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 925 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design lion advancing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1764, BMC 94
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1764.2 = BMC 94
2 2     P: 472 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1764.3 = Mi S. II, 269, 397
3 3     B: 18235900, 1842/1896 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1764.1 (weight corrected)