RPC VI, 3173 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3173 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design turreted Tyche (?) standing facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.38 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 600
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1087 Rec 600.1
2 2     C: L2098
3 3     N: 7800 Rec 591 (as Dionysos?)
4 4     Lindgren I, 145 = CNG EA 518, 15 June 2022, lot 917 (part of) = C. Jackson-Jacobs coll.