RPC VI, 1618 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1618 (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 (or ΦΗϹΤΟΥ) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ 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 Hera standing facing, head left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.53 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1051–1052,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.33.3.1
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1860/21475 AMNG 1051.1
2 2     ✸ B: L1906 AMNG 1051.2
3 3     P: 678 AMNG 1051.3 = Mi S. II, 108, 314
4 4     A: 834 AMNG 1052.1
5 5     Sofia AMNG 1051.4
6 6     Plovdiv AMNG 1052.2
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     L: 2004,0405.115
10 10 –11     Pfeiffer 595.50, 595.51
11 11     D. Lowe