RPC VI, 3257 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3257 (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 Α
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Α(ὔγουστος)
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 centaur Chiron advancing, right, holding reed(?) and playing lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.60 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll. = CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 351