RPC VI, 1646 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1646 (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 Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.67 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1010, 1013-1014,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.36.1-4
Specimens 25 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,0804.3 BMC 68
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15307
3 3     NY: 1997.32.63
4 4     NY: 1997.32.62
5 5 –6     Budapest SNG 220-221
7 7     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1155
8 8     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1156
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     ✸ CNG EA 318, 15 Jan. 2014, lot 392
15 15 –23     Pfeiffer 538, 540, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550
16 16     Ankara: 123-60/35-91 Sammlungen Türkei 28
17 17     CGT coll.