RPC VI, 30883 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30883 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσ(αρ)
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 turreted Nymph Nicaea standing, left, holding cantharus; to uncertain object; to right, tree entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.87 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note SEe also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/34677 (Marcus Aurelius) for the reverse
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hoeft Coll.