RPC VI, 3256 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3256 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος 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 ΛΙΤΑΙΟΥ ΔΙΟС
Edition Νικαέων Λιταίου Διός Νικαέων Λιταίου Διός
Translation of the Nicaeans, of Zeus Litaeus
Reverse design inscribed and lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.46 g
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1024
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1374 = Emporium 49, 2003, lot 479
3 3     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1375 = Helios 7, 2011, lot 582