RPC VI, 935 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 935 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Soterichos
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ (or ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ)
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σωτηρίχου Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Σωτηρίχου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Soterichos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.39 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1689–90
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1975,0411.2
2 2     A: Stamules 218 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1690
3 3     Istanbul: K.D.428B Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1689 corr.
4 4     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.