RPC VI, 928 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 928 (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 prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.73 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1761–3
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0520.1 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1763.1
2 2     P: 466 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1763.2 = Mi S. II, 269, 397
3 3     B: 18235899, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1762.1
4 4     O Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1762.2
5 5     Sofia: 9187 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1761
6 6     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 118
7 7     ✸ Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 406