RPC VI, 3671 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3671 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Σευ(ῆρον) Ἀλέξανδρον
Translation for Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding sceptre and raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Βιθυνιέων Ἁδριανῶν
Translation of the Bithynian Hadrianians
Reverse design front view of temple with eight columns, globe in pediment, within which Emperor(?) standing facing, head right, holding spear and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 15.65 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference SNG vA 327–8
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1974,0415.3
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1278 SNG vA 327
3 3     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 75
4 4     SNG vA 328
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     R. Becker coll.