RPC VI, 3990 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3990 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM AVΡ (or MAR AV) SEV (retrograde S) ALEXAND(ER)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription TROA COL AVG (or COΛ X TROAϹ, sic)
Reverse design Alexander the Great(?) standing, left, wearing chlamys, holding sceptre and patera(?) over tripod, in front of cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on basis, right; above, eagle flying, right, holding bucranium in talons
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Bellinger A329
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 347 Bellinger A329.2
2 2     P: 379
3 3     B: 1877/567
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     O Bellinger A329.1
6 6     ✸ V
7 7     V: GR 16647
8 8     Yale: ? Bellinger A329.3
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Savoca EA 104 Silver, 30 May 2021, lot 163
11 11     Savoca Coins Blue 158th Blue, 11 - 12 Mar. 2023, lot 727