RPC VI, 914 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 914 (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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹ ΑΙΜΙ ϹΕΥΗΡΟΥ
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1710
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.809 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1710.2 = BMC 96
2 2     Gotha Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1710.1