RPC VI, 1557 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1557 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design four stars on crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.71 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1050? (Alexander, but 'Vorderseite undeutlich'),Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.48.1-2
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     ✸ Naumann Numismatik Naumann 40, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 353
3 3     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 308
4 4     Bertolami EA 96, 13 Mar. 2021, lot 1149
5 5     Münz Zentrum Heinz-W. Müller, Auction 194 15-17 Sep 2021, lot 162
6 6     Varbanov 1, 1731
7 7     P: 673 AMNG 1050.1
8 8     V AMNG 1050.2
9 9 –10     Pfeiffer 595.10, 595.11
10 10     Münzzentrum Rheinland 196, 21 - 23 Sept. 2022, lot 185
11 11     Savoca Silver 118, 21 Nov. 2021, lot 251