RPC VI, 30357 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30357 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕ[ΞΑ]ΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [...]ΟϹ ΚΟΡΗ Ο (?) ΙϹΟΠΥΘΙΟϹ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕOΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design draped busts of laureate Alexander, right, and diademed(?) Julia Mamaea, left, facing each other, within a wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the difficult (and uncertain) reverse legend, compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/62031 (now  attributed to this period).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Numismatik Naumann, Auction 113, February 2022, lot 440