RPC VI, 900 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 900 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelia Feste ; Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design the Emperor wearing radiate crown and toga, driving a quadriga, right, holding aplustre, reins and sceptre; behind, Nike standing, right, crowning him with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Axis 1, 7, 8
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1741
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1782
2 2     Mu: 18169 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1741.2
3 3     CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 868
4 4     B Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1741.1
5 5     Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2745 = Hirsch 300, 2014, lot 162 = Hirsch 368, 23 Sept. 2021, lot 3424
6 6     ✸ Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 578
7 7     Verona: 71891 SNG 724