RPC VI, 30622 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30622 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ Δ Ε S C, Η
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολ(ωνίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) c(onsulto) ηʹ
Translation of the Antiochenes, metropolis, colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the senate, 8
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears, looking back; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; to left, Tyche standing facing, head right, holding rudder and cornucopia; to right, the emperor standing, left, holding parazonium and crowning the Tyche of the City
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.64 g
Axis 12
Reference R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch (2007), no. 839,
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
5 5     ✸ Richard McAlee Collection = Supplement No. 2 (2020), no. 839