RPC VI, 3100 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3100 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος 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 Athena standing, left, holding patera and spear; behind, shield on the ground; to left, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.29 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1370
2 2     Lindgren I, 144
3 3     ✸ Savoca 140 Blue, 13 Aug. 2022, lot 663
4 4     Private coll. C. Jackson-Jacobs = Malloy XXXIII, 19 June 1992, lot 376 = CNG EA 518, 15 June 2022, lot 917 (part of), ex private coll. H.C. Lindgren (not published)