RPC VI, 3767


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3767 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3767 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
City	Cyzicus
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Group 1
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟ (or ΝΕΩ)
Edition	Κυζικηνῶν νεοκό(ρων)
Translation	of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design	caduceus on a base, surmounted by crescent
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	5.09 g
Axis	2, 7, 12
Reference	SNG France 775
Specimens	4 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 453	SNG 775 (as Caracalla)	20	5.17		poorly legible	Show
2	2 ✸	B: 1864/Sperling		21	5.34	7		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.42958		21	4.67	12	uncertain attribution; possibly Elagabalus	Show
4	4	P: 453	SNG 775 (as Caracalla)	22	5.17	2	Attribution not certain, but moved to Alexander because of the similarity of the reverse (base, crescent) and the similarity of the obverse.	Show