RPC VI, 3418 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3418 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Α(Υ)(Γ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ (or ΝΙΚΟΜHΔΕΩΝ) ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩ(Κ)(Ο) (or ΝΕΩ)
Edition Νικομηδέων δις νεωκό(ρων)
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design front view of temple with eight columns with globe in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.63 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 325
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1423 Rec 325.1
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     Cop: 576
4 4     V Rec 325.2
5 5     Turin Rec 325.3
6 6     Baldwin's Markov M&M Ltd The New York Sale XIV, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 161
7 7     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 163
8 8     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 312
9 9     iNumis MBS 6, 7 Nov. 2008, lot 342
10 10     Nemesis Anciens & Antiquities
11 11     Numismatik Naumann 49, Jan. 2017, 379
12 12     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 624
13 13     vA 7114
14 14     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 110, 3 Aug. 2023, lot 1022