RPC VI, 30622 (temporary)

 

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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
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 H C
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
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