RPC VI, 30815 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30815 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέζανδρος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design three military standards, topped by wreaths
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.80 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 580 var
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
5 5     CNG EA 140, 24 May 2006, lot 107
6 6     ✸ J. Okun-Dubitsky Coll., ex CNG EA 566, 17 July 2024, lot 305
7 7     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1338 = Numismatik Naumann 60, 2017, lot 940
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1339 = Numismatik Lanz 66, 1993, lot 724