RPC VI, 928 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 928 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1761–3
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0520.1 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1763.1
2 2     P: 466 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1763.2 = Mi S. II, 269, 397
3 3     B: 18235899, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1762.1
4 4     O Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1762.2
5 5     Sofia: 9187 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1761
6 6     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 118
7 7     ✸ Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 406