RPC VI, 3028 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3028 (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?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 137
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1540 Rec 137.1
2 2     P: 1541 Rec 137.2
3 3     CGT coll. = Naumann 48, Nov. 2016, 348
4 4     ✸ Rauch E-16, 13 Dec. 2014, lot 5133
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 661
6 6     Savoca Blue 111, 28 Aug. 2021, lot 982
7 7     Olympus Numismatik 26, 24 Oct. 2025, lot 488