RPC VI, 3176


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3176 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3176 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Group 2
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition	Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος 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	Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	7.05 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Rec 605
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			B: Friedlander1861	Rec 605.2	25	7.35	6		Show
2	2			Winterthur: G 6718	acquired 1985, ex Howgego	24	6.75	12	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 788 (denominational mark Δ; on obverse)	Show