RPC VI, 7940 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7940 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ?] ΜΑΡ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤΡ[?]
Edition Σεπτίμινα κολονεία Νέσιβις μητρ--- Σεπ(τίμινα) κολο(νεία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητρ[---]
Translation the Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis[---]
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, right; behind, star; before, star and corn ear; above, ram leaping, right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.96 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: L.2082
2 2     Marc R Breitsprecher stock