RPC VI, 6902


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6902 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6902 (temporary)
Province	Cilicia
Region	Cilicia
Subregion	Cilicia Trachea
City	Ninica Claudiopolis
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C M AV A ΓEVER ALEΧAΝΔER (sic)
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) A(ugustus?) {Γ}<S>ever(us) Aleχaνδer
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Augustus(?) Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	NINI COL CLAVΔIOPOLI
Edition	Nini(ca) col(onia) Clauδiopoli(s)
Translation	the colony Ninica Claudiopolis
Reverse design	front view of temple with four columns within which the emperor standing facing in military dress, head left, holding long sceptre and patera; in pediment, globe
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	10.92 g
Axis	6, 7
Reference	Levante S1 165, Ziegler 331
Specimens	7 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1		CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 115	27	9.80		Obv.: GIC 262 (Nike standing r. (on obverse, and sometimes on reverse)); GIC — (uncertain) ; GIC 262 stamped three times on obverse	Show
2	2 ✸		R. Becker coll. = Levante S1 165 = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 235	27	10.44	7	Obv.: GIC 669 (dot within Δ within circle)	Show
3	3		Ziegler 331	28	11.63	6	Obv.: GIC 451 (star, incuse, with six rays)	Show
4	4		Ares 1, 23 Aug. 2019, lot 357	26	11.38			Show
5	5	P: 822		28	8.52			Show
6	6		Savoca Coins Silver 203rd Monthly Silver, 24 Mar. 2024, lot 349 = Savoca Coins Silver 171st Silver, 20 Aug. 2023, lot 182	28	13.75		Obv.: GIC 805 (denominational mark Ɛ)	Show
7	7		Berk 52, 1988, lot 295	28		6		Show