RPC VI, 7992 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7992 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Nicopolis Seleucidis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΙΔΟϹ Θ
Edition Νεικοπολιτῶν Σελευκίδος θʹ
Translation of the Nicopolitans of Seleucis, 9
Reverse design Nemesis standing facing, head right, within arched shrine with two columns; at her feet, griffin with wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.33 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference CRS 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Knobelsdorf
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 159 = CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 467
4 4     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 678
5 5     Münster: M 3406 Münster University, Inv. no. M 3406
6 6     D. Lowe