RPC VI, 7942 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7942 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus) ; Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΕΑ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Ἰουλία Μαμαία Σεβα(στή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, Julia Mamaea Augusta
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea, left
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤΡΟ
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 and corn ear; behind, star; above, ram leaping, right, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.88 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 9
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BK.887 BMC 9
2 2     B: I-B1900
3 3     NY: 1938.104.100
4 4     V: GR 22899
5 5     Yale: 1938.6000.2645
6 6     Yale: 1938.6000.2646
7 7     Yale: 1938.6000.2353
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 492
10 10     Lindgren III, 1567
11 11     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 970