RPC VI, 1620 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1620 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta) ; Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Iulius Festus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Ἰουλία Μαΐσα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Julia Maesa
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΗϹΤΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Ε (sometimes retrograde Ε)
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τιβ(ερίου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Φήστου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tiberius Julius Festus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Hygieia standing facing, head left, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.89 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1054,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.21.1-2
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.4601 BMC 79 = AMNG 1054
2 2     P: 1972.840
3 3     Budapest SNG 245
4 4     Argenor Numismatique S.A. 4, 27 Apr. 2001, lot 81
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 131 (ex Auktion Münzhandlung Schulten + Co. GmbH, Frankfurt 24./25.5.1983, 316)
7 7     Roma Numismatics Ltd EA 77, 26 Nov. 2020, lot 853
8 8     CNG EA 535, 29 Mar. 2023, lot 198
9 9     Ankara: 123-60/24-91 Sammlungen Türkei 29