RPC VI, 7918 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7918 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, seen from rear, holding decorated shield
Reverse inscription ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ LEG III P (S?)
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding eagle looking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Castelin 27–29, 34
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712 BMC 8 = Castellin 29
2 2     P: 2166 Castellin 28
3 3     B Castellin 27 (under Caracalla)
4 4     NY
5 5     O
6 6     V: GR 20875
7 7     Gotha Castellin 28 (under Samosata)
8 8     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 980
9 9     ✸ Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 761