RPC VI, 7935 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7935 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑ(Ι) ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
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, star; above, ram leaping, right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.96 g
Axis 10, 12
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1938.104
2 2     NY: 1939.65 Miles, AJSLL 56 (1939), 244, 2
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 192, 23 July 2008, lot 163
4 4     CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 489
5 5     CNG EA 247, 12 Jan. 2011, lot 260
6 6     Elsen 103, 12 Dec. 2009, lot 500
7 7     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 969
8 8     D. Lowe
9 9     Savoca Coins Blue 208th Weekly Blue, 27 Apr. 2024, lot 363