RPC VI, 3234


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3234 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	3234 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Group 2
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (or ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ, retrograde Ζ) (ΑΥ)
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design	Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY: 1953.171.473		25	9.46	12	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show
2	2		CGT coll.	26	6.59	12		Show
3	3		CGT coll.	23	6.67	12	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show