RPC VI, 4770


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4770 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	4770 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Ephesus
Region	Lydia
City	Nysa
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition	Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέζανδρος Καῖσαρ
Translation	Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition	Νυσαέων
Translation	of the Nysaeans
Reverse design	Kore(?) standing facing, head left, wearing long tunic and holding long sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	5.86 g
Reference	Regling, Nysa 139, GRPCL 175
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 872	Regling, Nysa 139.4	23	5.86		Show
2	2	Gotha	Regling, Nysa 139.1	23		Obv.: GIC 324 (eagle standing r., head l., wings half open)	Show
3	3		Regling, Nysa 139.2 = Hollscheck				Show
4	4		Regling, Nysa 139.3 = Mi S. 429				Show