RPC VI, 196 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 196 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Reverse design Kabeiros standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and hammer; to left lighted altar, to right elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 38–41
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1427 Touratsoglou 39
2 2     Mu Touratsoglou 43
3 3     Milan: 6648 Touratsoglou 41
4 4     St Petersburg: 3038 Touratsoglou 40
5 5     ✸ CGT coll.