RPC VI, 936 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 936 (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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design Nike standing facing, looking left, holding palm branch and wreath; at her feet, Corinthian helmet on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1695–6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 461 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1695 = Mi S. II, 267, 385
2 2     St Petersburg Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1696
3 3     ✸ Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 314
4 4     Nomos obolos 21, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 648