RPC VI, 3193 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3193 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
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 serpent emerging, left, from cista
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.94 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 592
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Rauch Rec 592
2 2     cgb.fr MBS 26, 22 June 2006, lot 354
3 3     CGT coll.
5 5    
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1354 = CNG EA 400, 28 Jun 2017, lot 517
7 7     T. Mullally coll.
8 8     J.G. Kiss Collection.