RPC VI, 905 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 905 (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 (or 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 (or ΑΥΡ) ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φροντῶνος καὶ Αἰλ(ίας) Φήστης Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, of the Byzantines
Reverse design prize table holding one agonistic crown with two palm branches, between two purses, seen from right; below, jug
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.76 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1749–53, Cop 521
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 457
2 2     P: 458 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1751.2
3 3     Cop: 521 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1750.2
4 4     V: GR 34744 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1749.2
5 5     V: GR 32492 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1752
6 6     A: 213 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1753.1
7 7     Bucharest: 61/1263 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1750.1
8 8     N: F6371 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1751.1
9 9     Sofia: 6314 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1753.2
10 10     ✸ Tübingen Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1749.1