RPC VI, 894 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 894 (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
Obverse design radiate bust of Severus Alexander, right, weaing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design the Emperor on horse prancing, right, wearing chlamys and about to spear lion running right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1737
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note Doubtful specimen; artificial yellowish patina; signs of tooling(?)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 93 = Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1737
2 2     P: 473
3 3     ✸ Leu EA 18, 18 Dec. 2021, lot 1897