Bithynia. Nikaia . Severus Alexander AD 222-235.
Bronze Æ
20mm., 3,70g.
[M AVP CEV]H AΛEΞANΔPOC AΥΓ, laureate head right / NI-[KAIE]-ΩN, Aphrodite-Venus kneeling right, nude but for cloth draped across her lap, flanked by two winged Erotes, each holding a torch, with the one on the left also holding up a mirror, which Aphrodite turns to gaze into.
very fine
RG, pg.473, 588; SNG Copenhagen -.