RPC VI, 3439 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3439 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Α
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Α(ὔγουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεω(κόρων)
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design front view temple with eight columns; (gorgoneion in pediment)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.43 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 8
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 312
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     T. Mullally coll.
14 14     Wildwinds, ex G. Clegg (2006)
15 15     Leipziger Münzhandlung Heidrun Höhn 91, 3 - 4 May 2019, lot 1103