RPC VI, 1652 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1652 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Iulius Festus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΗϹΤΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τιβ(ερίου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Φήστου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tiberius Iulius Festus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Nemesis standing, left, holding scales and rod; to left at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.32 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1004, Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.35.8–9
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
Note Other ligatures occur in some of the reverse legends.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu AMNG 1005.1
2 2     Leeds-UL: 1432
3 3     ✸ Leeds-UL: 1431
4 4     Tübingen: 825
5 5     Áureo & Calicó 335, 19 Sept. 2019, lot 175
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8 –9     Pfeiffer 534, 534.20
10 10     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 525