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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Imperial| > |Mesopotamia| > RP84871
Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Nisibis, Mesopotamia
|Mesopotamia|, |Severus| |Alexander,| |13| |March| |222| |-| |March| |235| |A.D.,| |Nisibis,| |Mesopotamia|, Nisibis is the city of Netzivin in the Talmud. The Jews of Nisibis resisted the Roman conqueror, Trajan, to maintain Parthian rule. The city was taken only after a lengthy siege. After the it fell, Nisibis was laid waste and the massacre was so great that the houses, streets, and roads were strewn with corpses.
RP84871. Bronze AE 29, SNG Cop 233; BMC Arabia p. 119, 7; SNG Righetti 2618; SNG Milan 118; SNG Hunterian -, F, porous, obverse slightly off center cutting off right side of legend, Nisibis (Nusaybin, Turkey) mint, weight 12.292g, maximum diameter 28.6mm, die axis 0o, 13 Mar 222 - Mar 235 A.D.; obverse AVT KAI MAP AV C AΛEΞANΔPOC C-E, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse CEΠ KOΛO NECIBI MHT, bust of Tyche right, turreted, draped and veiled, ram (Aries) leaping right above with head turned back, stars before and behind; scarce; SOLD











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