| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7934
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| Volume |
VI |
| Number |
7934 (temporary) |
| Province |
Mesopotamia
|
| Region |
Mesopotamia
|
| City |
Nisibis
|
| Reign |
Severus Alexander
|
| Person (obv.) |
Severus Alexander (Augustus)
|
| Obverse inscription |
ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ Ϲ(Ε) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ(Ε) |
| Edition |
Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
|
| Translation |
Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus |
| Obverse design |
laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, (with drapery on shoulder) |
| Reverse inscription |
ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗ(Τ) |
| Edition |
Σεβ(αστὴ) Κολω(νία) Νεσιβί(ων) μητ(ρόπολις)
|
| Translation |
Augustan colony of the Nisibians, 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 |
11.16 g |
| Axis |
6, 12 |
| Reference |
BMC 5 |
| Specimens |
12 (10 in the core collections) |
