RPC VI, 941 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 941 (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 ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Σωτηρίχου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Soterichos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1692–3
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 462 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1692.1 = Mi S. II, 267, 386
2 2     Cop: 519 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1693.2
3 3     Istanbul: 383 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1693.1
4 4     Warsaw: 55828 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1692.2