RPC VI, 893 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 893 (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
Edition Αλέζανδρος Αὔγουστος Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Αλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος) Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος)
Translation Alexander Augustus Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, seen from rear, holding spear and decorated shield
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Φρόντωνος καὶ Αἰλίας Φήστης Βυζαντίων ἐπ(ὶ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φρόντωνος καὶ Αἰλ(ίας) Φήστης Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, of the Byzantines
Reverse design emperor on horse prancing, right, wearing chlamys, holding reins and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 28.61 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1739
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 475 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1739.3 = Mi I, 381, 121
2 2     ✸ B: I-B1900 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1739.1
3 3     G Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1739.2 = Hunterian I, 397, 31
4 4     Sofia: 8562 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1739.4 = Mouchmo 3394
5 5     CNG EA 434, 12 Dec. 2018, lot 221
6 6     Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 120
7 7     CNG Triton XXIX, 13 Jan. 2026, lot 463 = Dix Noonan Webb 165, 4 Dec. 2019, lot 904 = Prowe (Egger XLVI, 11 May 1914), lot 23 = ex duplicates from the Berlin Königliches Münzkabinett (Part II, A. Hess Nachf., 12 March 1906), lot 79 = Berlin Acc.1845/5317 = Caparanesi Sale (Rome 1845)
8 8     Zeus 17, 5 Jun. 2021, lot 370
9 9     Frankfurter Münzhandlung 156, 4 Nov. 2022, lot 366