RPC VI, 938 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 938 (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 and cirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding spear or staff over shoulder, seen from front
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 two wicker torches; between them, modius with corn ears and poppy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.95 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1699, McClean 4257
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1699.1 = McClean 4257
2 2     Rome: 109518 De Sanctis 697
3 3     Warsaw: 55827 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1699.2
4 4     ✸ Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 336, 7 Feb. 2018, lot 2572