RPC VI, 1599 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1599 (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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΦΙΡ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Hera standing, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.32.3.8
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L2205
2 2     Budapest SNG 239
3 3     ✸ Tübingen: 828
4 4     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 96, 13 March 2021, lot 1162
5 5     Naumann 112, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 339
6 6 –7     Pfeiffer 579, 580
7 7     CNG EA 535, 29 Mar. 2023, lot 197
8 8     CV coll., ex Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 551