RPC VI, 926 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 926 (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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Φρόντωνος Βυζαντίων ἐπ(ὶ) Φρόντωνος Βυζαντίων
Translation under Fronto, of the Byzantines
Reverse design lion leaping, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.42 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1765
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8533 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1765.2
2 2     ✸ Gotha Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1765.1
3 3     Nomos obolos 21, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 650