RPC VI, 30593 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30593 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟ Δ Ε S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως κολωνίας δʹ ἐπαρχιῶν Senatus Consulto Ἀντιοχέων μητρ(οπόλεως) κο(λωνίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiocheans, metropolis, colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; above, ram leaping, left, looking back; to left, sometimes star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.96 g
Axis 11
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note McAlee 808 and Butcher, CRS 478a attributed this type to Elagabalus, based on the worn example in P. The attribution was corrected in R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, Supplement No. 2 (2020), no. 828A
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     Richard McAlee Collection
3 3     Richard McAlee Collection
4 4     ✸ Richard McAlee Collection
5 5     P: 661