RPC VI, 4781 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4781 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΜΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέζανδρος ΜA
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander MA(?)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Νυσαέων
Translation of the Nysaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 177 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.49329
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Numismatik Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 510 = Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 510