RPC VI, 1609 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1609 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Fir— Philopappus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεο(ὺ) Ἀλέζανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΦΙΡ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Φιρ(—) Φιλοπάππου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Fir— Philopappus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.27 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 1044,Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.38.3
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 669 AMNG 1044.1
2 2     P: Y20243 AMNG 1044.2
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Leu Numismatik 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1249
9 9     Pfeiffer 587