RPC VI, 8776 (temporary)

Province Syria Phoenice
City Ptolemais 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Severus Alexander
Obverse inscription IMP CAE M AV SEV ALEXANDER
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription COLO PTOLE
Reverse design the Emperor in military dress on horseback advancing, left, holding sceptre and saluting; under the horse's foreleg, caduceus (not always visible?)

Coin no. 4 of RPC VI, 8776 (temporary)

 

Museum Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK)
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Reference
Diameter 24
Weight 7.16
Axis 12
Note obverse double struck
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