RPC VI, 7933 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7933 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΛΑΖ(retrograde)ΑΝΔΡΟϹ (sic) [...]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέζανδρος --- Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλ{α}<έ>ζανδρος [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗ
Edition Σεπτίμινα κολονία Νέσιβις μητρόπολις Σεπ(τίμινα) κολο(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μη(τρόπολις)
Translation Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, right; before and behind, star; above, ram leaping, right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.35 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 204
2 2     Savoca Coins Blue 251st Weekly Blue, 25 Jan. 2025, lot 296