RPC VI, 3237


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3237 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	3237 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	Group 2
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΕΗ (sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥ
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design	Dionysus seated on chariot, left, drawn by four elephants, holding cantharus and long thyrsus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Rec 590
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 1082	Rec 590	23	5.91	12	Rev.: GIC 255 (Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm (on reverse))	Show
2	2				vA 604	25	9.74		Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show