RPC VI, 30228 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30228 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Roma seated, left, wearing helmet, holding spear and Nike offering her a wreath; below, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference SNG Leypold 172
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Very similar to the smaller denomination with the same type, but which has a shield by the throne: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/53412
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold 172
2 2     ✸ Roland Müller, 2013.
3 3     Lindgren III, 189