RPC VI, 30245 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30245 (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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ(ΩΝ) ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, wearing kalathos, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1, 7
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note The same type is found in a larger denomination: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/53567
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1416 Rec 309.2
2 2     V Rec 309.3
4 4     Winterthur: 2481
5 5     ✸ CGT coll.