RPC VI, 198 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 198 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ϹΕΥ (or ΕϹΥ, sic) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Σε<ο>υ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
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 25 mm
Average weight 9.47 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 42–3
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu Touratsoglou 43
2 2     Istanbul: 1222 Touratsoglou 42