RPC VI, 7934 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,1101.293 BMC 5
2 2     P: M5533
3 3     P: 25166
4 4     C McClean 9556
5 5     Mu
6 6     NY: 1938.104
7 7     NY
8 8     O
9 9     O
10 10     V: GR 30220
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 490
12 12     Numismatik Naumann 149, 2 Feb. 2025, lot 457