RPC VI, 30422 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30422 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΑΥΡ Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head (?) of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚ[ΟΡΩΝ]
Reverse design galley, right, with three (?) helmeted soldiers seated
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The small size and the unusual obv. legend raise the possibility that this may be a smaller denomination than otherwise recorded (20mm).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C. Hughes Coll.