RPC VI, 3549 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3549 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΥ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; to left, seated panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 187
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 696 SNG 345 = Rec 187
2 2     ✸ B: 1920/715