RPC VI, 932 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 932 (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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεο(ὺ) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Φρὸν(τωνος) Βυζαντίων
Translation under Fronto, of the Byzantines
Reverse design bear advancing right, with head raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.72 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1768
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 470 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1768.2 = MI S. II, 269, 400
2 2     P: 471 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1768.3
3 3     V: GR 8530 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1768.4
4 4     ✸ Naumann 67, 1 July 2018, lot 316
5 5     Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1768.1