RPC VI, 1360 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 1360 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Sev(erus) Alexand(er) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ(retrograde?)Ω
Edition Νικοπολιτῶν πρός Ἴστρῳ
Translation of the Nicopolitans near the Danube
Reverse design inscription in five lines
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 2.73 g
Axis 6, 9
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Milan: 987,18,179 D. Calomino, Bilingual Coins of Severus Alexander in the Eastern Provinces, AJN 26, 2014, p. 212 no 1.
2 2     Private coll.