RPC VI, 3237


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3237 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3237 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Group 2
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΕΗ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition	Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευεῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ<ε>ῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔ(γουστος)
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 Νικαιέων
Translation	of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	Dionysus seated on chariot, left, drawn by four elephants, holding cantharus and long thyrsus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	7.83 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rec 590
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 1082	Rec 590	23	5.91	12	Rev.: GIC 255 (Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm)	Show
2	2				vA 604	25	9.74		Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.)	Show