RPC VI, 30422


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/30422 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	30422 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicomedia
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	[ ] ΑΥΡ Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition	[---] Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σ(επτίμιος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	[---] Aurelius Septimius Alexander
Obverse design	laureate head (?) of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚ[ΟΡΩΝ]
Edition	Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation	of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design	galley, right, with three (?) helmeted soldiers seated
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	16 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)
Note	The small size and the unusual obv. legend raise the possibility that this may be a smaller denomination than otherwise recorded (20mm).

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				C. Hughes Coll.	16				Show