RPC VI, 945 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 945 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀντωνείνια Σεβαστὰ Βυζαντίων
Translation the Augustan Antoninia, of the Byzantines
Reverse design prize table holding one agonistic crown with palm branch, between two purses, seen from left; below, jug
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.73 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1722–3, 1726–8, 1730
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Note Different ligatures occur in the legends.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 456 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1730.1
2 2     B: 18235889, 1900/516 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1727
3 3     ✸ C Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1728 = McClean 4257
4 4     A: 214 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1722
5 5     N: F6370 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1723
6 6     Rome: ? Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1731
7 7     Warsaw: 86177 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1726
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1730.2 = RN 1891, 243, 22
10 10     Tekirdağ Sammlungen Türkei 622