RPC VI, 899 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 899 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelia Feste ; Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ
Edition Αλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος) Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος)
Translation Alexander Augustus Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Φρόντωνος καὶ Αἰλ(ίας) Φήστης Βυζαντίων Σεβαστά
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, of the Byzantines, Augusta
Reverse design the Emperor standing, right, wearing toga, and turreted Tyche standing, left, holding cornucopia, clasping hands over table with agonistic crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 32.19 g
Axis 1
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1742
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1886,0603.2 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1742.1
2 2     V: GR 8529 Schönert‑Geiss, Byzantion 1742.2