RPC VI, 7937 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7937 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ Ϲ(Ε) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρο(ς) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ(Ο) ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ
Edition Σεπ(τίμινα) κολο(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητρόπολ(ις)
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 12.15 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 6–7
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1909,0504.61 BMC 6
2 2     L: R.12827 BMC 7
3 3     P: 2139
4 4     B: R1853
5 5     C: 718-R
6 6     Mu
7 7     NY
8 8     Leeds-UL: 1317
9 9     Milan: M989/04/67
10 10     Elsen 116, 16 Mar. 2013, lot 592
11 11     Lindgren I, 2600
12 12     ✸ M&M Deutschland 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2284