RPC VI, 1656 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1656 (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(ΡΟϹ) ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευήρος 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 Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.25 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1015,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.38.2
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15310
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 270, 14 Dec. 2011, lot 188
7 7 –8     Pfeiffer 551, 551.20