RPC VI, 943 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 943 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ (or ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ) ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (or ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ)
Reverse design agonistic crown with two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1732–4, BMC 98, McClean 4256
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1845,1217.2 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1732.2 = BMC 98
2 2     P: 459 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1733
3 3     ✸ C Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1732.1 = McClean 4256
4 4     Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1734 = Weber 2584