RPC VI, 936 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 936 (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 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Σωτηρίχου Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Soterichos, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Nike standing facing, looking left, holding palm branch and wreath; at her feet, Corinthian helmet on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.19 g
Axis 7
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1695–6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 461 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1695 = Mi S. II, 267, 385
2 2     St Petersburg Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1696
3 3     ✸ Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 314
4 4     Nomos obolos 21, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 648