RPC VI, 3026 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3026 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) 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 ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design laureate and draped bearded bust of Zeus (or Prusas?), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.53 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Sperling1862 Rec 137.3
2 2     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 337