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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/913 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |