RPC VI, 907 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 907 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelia Feste ; Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ (or ΑΥΡ) ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ (or ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ) Κ(ΑΙ) ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design two wicker torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1757–9
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 467 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1759 = Mi S. II, 268, 392
2 2     ✸ V: GR 8531 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1758
3 3     A: 215 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1757
4 4     CNG 215, 29 July 2009, 409 = CNG EA 507, 5 Jan. 2022, lot 201
5 5     Roma Numismatics EA 90, 18 Nov. 2021, lot 777
6 6     Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 196
7 7     Savoca 31st Blue Auction, 25 April 2020, lot 609