RPC VI, 902 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 902 (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 ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φρόντωνος καὶ Αἰλ(ίας) Φήστης Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, of the Byzantines, Augusta
Reverse design inscribed agonistic crown with two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.71 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1746–8
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18235875, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1748
2 2     V: GR 8527 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1746 = Mi S. II, 267, 388
3 3     Brussels Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1747
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 539
5 5     CNG EA 331, 23 July 2014, lot 155