RPC VI, 3218


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3218 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3218 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Group 2
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ (or ϹΕΥΗ) ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ Α(Υ)
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition	Νικαιέων
Translation	of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	temple with six columns seen in perspective, right, within which statue of Tyche(?) standing with cornucopia; in pediment, globe
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	7.71 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: 1981,0301.125		26	9.11	12		Show
2	2				CGT coll.	24	6.31	12	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 788 (denominational mark Δ; on obverse)	Show