RPC VI, 1613 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1613 (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 Apollo nude, standing facing, head right, holding bow, left arm over head; to left, quiver with arrows; to right, trunk of a tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.06 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 1053
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.25
2 2     Cop: 249 AMNG 1053/1
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 384, 12 Oct. 2016, lot 413
4 4     Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 636
5 5     Solidus 96, 22 Mar. 2022, lot 1010