RPC VI, 3390 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3390 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Theseus standing, left, head right, holding club and Minotaur by horn, kneeling, facing, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference SNG vA 784
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 858
2 2     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 426
3 3     vA 784