RPC VI, 3038 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3038 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Orbiana (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΓΝ ϹΕ ΒΑΡ ΟΡΒΙΑΝΗ ΑΥ
Edition Γν(αία) Σε(ΐα) Βαρ(βία) Ὀρβιανὴ Αὐ(γούστα)
Translation Gnaea Seia Barbia Orbiana Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Orbiana, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.60 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 138
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1542 Rec 138.2
2 2     P: 1543? Mi S. V, 231, 1365
3 3     B: 1847/7928 Rec 138.1
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     CNG EA 140, 24 May 2006, lot 110
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, lot 189
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1755
8 8     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 451
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Naumann 119, 7 Aug. 2022, lot 438