RPC VI, 3245 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3245 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) 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 Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design lion pouncing, left, on bucranium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.17 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 611
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1096 Wa 434 = Rec 611.1
2 2     V Rec 611.2
3 3     G. Rohde Ancient Coins
4 4     Numismatik Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 335
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Private coll.
7 7     Leu 36, 6 Sept. 2025, lot 636 = Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1372 = Lanz 76, 1996, lot 605
8 8     Savoca Coins Blue 240th Weekly Blue, 9 Nov. 2024, lot 313
9 9     ✸ Agora Auction 72, 30 Jan 2018, lot 130