RPC VI, 939 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 939 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Soterichos
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σωτηρίχου Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Σωτηρίχου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Soterichos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design two wicker torches; between them, modius with corn ears and poppy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.91 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1697–8
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 55829 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1697
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. ex cgb.fr bpv_310620
3 3     Naumann 100, 7 March 2021, lot 1119