RPC VI, 3435 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3435 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ (or ΑΥΡ) ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ [Α?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Α(ὔγουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Demeter, right, with corn ears before
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.17 g
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Rec 322 corr.
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note The presence of the corn ears suggests Demeter rather than Julia Mamaea.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0405.10
2 2     P: 1420 Rec 322.1
3 3     B: L1906 Rec 322.2
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 450
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 234
6 6     T. Mullally coll.