RPC VI, 3234 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3234 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (or ϹΕΥΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ, retrograde Ζ) (ΑΥ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1953.171.473
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1351 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 2017, lot 354 = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15, 2004, lot 392, ex Righetti