RPC VI, 3396 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3396 (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 ΑΥ(Γ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) 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 ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (or ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ)
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.83 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 292
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1409 Rec 292.1
2 2     P: 1410
3 3     Mu Rec 292.2
4 4     Turin Rec 292.3
5 5     Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 632
6 6     ✸ Rauch MBS 9, 23 Sept. 2005, lot 358
7 7     vA 781
8 8     Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 171
9 9     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 172
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     T. Mullally coll.