Hello everyone,
For my first post on the
forum, I'd appreciate
bit of
help on this
Severus Alexander coin. It's a typical 'N¦IK¦AI¦E between three standards' coin. I'm just having trouble finding something in the litterature which corresponds to it. Could it be a new variant?
My appreciation of the coin is as follows:
Obv: M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔΡOC AV,
radiate, draped
bust right
Rev: N¦IK¦AI¦E between three standards, ΩN in
exergueLooking around, and with the
help of Dane's invaluable lists, I find one
type that matches with respect to the legends, which is
BMC 103, Nicaea:
Obv: M AVP CEVH ALEXANDPOC AV, laureate draped
cuirassed bust right
Rev: N¦IK¦AI¦E between three standards, ΩN in
exergue-> the problem is that this is listed as laureate, draped,
cuirassed, and this is clearly
radiate (unless our friend has a funny hairstyle).
Still in Dane's lists, I find something which matches with respect to the
obverse bust and
reverse legend and
type, which is
Waddington 477, 617
Obv: M AVP CEV ALEXANDPOC AV,
radiate draped
bust right
Rev: N¦IK¦AI¦E between three standards, ΩN in
exergue-> the problem is that the
obverse legend doesn't quite match (CEV, instead of CEVH)
We seem to have a variant that's in between the two
types listed above...
I admit that I don't know much about the subject, so any
help in identifying this would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alisdair
