RPC VI, 3224 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3224 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ (or ΑΥΓ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation 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 the Emperor standing in military dress, left, holding patera, being crowned by Nike standing behind him, left, holding palm branch and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.65 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SNG Leypold 178
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1352 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 558
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 178
4 4     Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 160