RPC VI, 939 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 939 (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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design two wicker torches; between them, modius with corn ears and poppy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1697–8
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 55829 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1697
2 2     ✸ CGT coll.