RPC VI, 7936 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7936 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ Ϲ(Ε)(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ήρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗ(Τ)(ΡΟ)
Edition Σεπ(τίμινα) κολο(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητρό(πολις)
Translation Septimian colony Nisibis, 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 27 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 6, 9, 11, 12
Reference BMC 4
Specimens 24 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,0217.266 BMC 4
2 2     P: 1578
3 3     B: 1847/8132
4 4     B: L1906
5 5     NY: 1938.104
6 6     NY: 1961.654
7 7     NY
8 8     NY
9 9     O
10 10     V: GR 22896
11 11     V: GR 22894
12 12     Bern SNG 2618
13 13     Freiburg: 12599
14 14     Leeds-UL: 404
15 15     Milan: 6731
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 702
18 18     CNG EA 263, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 291
19 19     ebay.121443457577 (May 2015)
20 20     Gitbud & Naumann 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 477
21 21     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 968
22 22     Boston: 64.290
23 23     Boston: 63.115
24 24     CGT coll.