RPC VI, 3181 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3181 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ϹΖ
Edition Νικαιέων Σ(εουήρεια?) ζʹ
Translation of the Nicaeans, the Severeia, 7
Reverse design prize table holding agonistic crown with palm branch between two purses; below, jug
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.81 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 618
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note ⳞΖ: "Ein Datum, CZ = (Jahr) 207 scheidet aus. Das Kryptogramm, kann gelesen werden als C(eouhvreia) Z, Severeia, (die) siebenten (228, die siebenten nach 204 - 208 - 212 - 216 - 220 - 224 - 228), oder als (e[tou Cebastou') Z, des Jahres des Kaisers 7 (Herbst 227/228)" (Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1365).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1105 Rec 618
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1365 = Numismatik Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 220
3 3     Kölner Münzkabinett 111, 4 May 2019, lot 95