RPC VI, 934 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 934 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Soterichos
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Σωτηρίχου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Soterichos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Artemis advancing, left, holding torch in each hand, one upwards and the other downwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1691
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 460 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1691 = MI S. II, 267, 384