RPC VI, 3219


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3219 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	3219 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Group 2
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ (or ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ) ΑΥ(Γ)
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design	Isis Pharia advancing, right, wearing lotus, holding sail
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	6
Reference	Rec 589
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1975,0411.75	GIC 788g	26	7.33	6	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse); GIC 788 (denominational mark Δ; on obverse) ; the second countermark does not actually looks like a laureate bust, rather like a head	Show
2	2	Turin: ?	Rec 589	24			not in Fabretti	Show
3	3		CGT coll.	26	8.51	6		Show