RPC VI, 3200 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3200 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ (or ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ) ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing, holding sceptre and raising hand; all within city walls
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1, 2
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0602.9
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 207, 25 Mar. 2009, lot 295
4 4     CNG EA 257, 8 June 2011, lot 232
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1782
6 6     R. Becker coll.
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1843