RPC VI, 3173 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design turreted Tyche (?) standing facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 600
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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.