RPC VI, 3767


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3767 json ttl rdf xml
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
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟ (or ΝΕΩ)
Reverse design	caduceus on a base, surmounted by crescent
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
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