RPC VI, 3630


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3630 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3630 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Amastris
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ
Edition	Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρον
Translation	for Marcus Aurelius Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition	Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation	of the Amastrians
Reverse design	Nike advancing, right, holding palm branch and wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	3.63 g
Axis	1
Reference	Rec 167
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				Rec 156 = Rec 167	22			Not illustrated. Presumably Severus Alexander as Caesar, since no coins are otherwise known for Severus Alexander as Augustus.	Show
2	2 ✸				Nomos Obolos Webauction 34, 10 Nov. 2024, lot 648 = Sol Numismatik XIII, 20 May 2023, lot 367	20.5	3.63	1	attribution not certain	Show