RPC VI, 3430 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3430 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Leda(?) standing facing, head right, nude above her waist, right hand raised, holding branch(?) in left; to right, swan standing, l
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 316–7
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,1120.69
2 2     B: 1862/28442 Rec 316 = ΝΖ 1921, 141
3 3     V: GR 15823 Rec 317
4 4     CGT coll. = CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 214
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1779
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1787
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1788
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1863
9 9     Helios 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 127
10 10     Lanz 121, 22 Nov. 2004, lot 520
11 11     CGT coll. = Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 345
12 12     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 546
13 13     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 620
14 14     Peus 433, 1 Nov. 2022, lot 1593