RPC VI, 3107 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3107 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέζανδρος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Zeus seated on throne, left, holding long sceptre and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.19 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 34852
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1334 = Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 630
3 3     CGT coll. ex Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 64