RPC VI, 198 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
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 25 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 42–3
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

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