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Æ24 - Severus Alexander ΕΥϹΕΒΗϹ ΕΥΓΕΝΗϹ ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Weight | 10.16 g |
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| Obverse description | Radiate bust of Severus Alexander facing right, depicted with a spiky radiate crown, the portrait rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Bithynian civic coinage of the early 3rd century AD. The emperor is shown draped, with the legend encircling the bust in Greek characters. The effigy displays the idealized youthful features conventionally associated with Alexander's portraiture. |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus (?) standing facing, head turned to the left, wearing a kalathos (basket-crown) on his head, holding a cantharus (drinking cup) in one hand and a long thyrsus or sceptre in the other. The figure is rendered in the typical provincial style of Bithynian civic bronzes, with the civic legend of Nicaea distributed in the field around the deity. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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