RPC VI, 1639 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1639 (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 Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.67 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 1003
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1842,0729.15 BMC 72 = AMNG 1003.2
2 2     B AMNG 1002.1
3 3     Mu AMNG 1003.3
4 4     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸ Savoca 24th Silver, 29 July 2018, lot 167