RPC VI, 908 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 908 (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 ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design two wicker torches; between them, modius with corn ears and poppy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 7, 8
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1760
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 468 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1760.2
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.15648 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1760.1