RPC VI, 7938 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7938 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ Α(Υ) ϹΕ 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 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; behind and before, star; above, ram leaping, right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.53 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1925/316
2 2     ✸ C: L.2081
2 2     CGT coll.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Mu
5 5     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 262