RPC VI, 913 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 913 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aemilius Severus (basileus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹ ΑΙΜΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ
Edition Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ βασ(ιλέως) Αἰμι(λίου) Σευῆρου
Translation of the Byzantines, under basileus Aemilius Severus
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm branch; at her feet, Corinthian helmet on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.30 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1700–3
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

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