RPC VI, 30240 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30240 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design youthful hero with chlamys standing facing, head turned towards a horse on the left; the horse has raised its right foreleg and turns its head back towards the man.
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.21 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
8 8     ✸ Bochum: M3211