RPC VI, 7925 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7925 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α(Υ) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, left, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΡΗϹΑΙΝΝϹΙωΗ LEG III P S (retrograde S)
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on tower(?), left, holding eagle looking, right; at her feet, small figure (river god?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.04 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1961.154
2 2     ✸
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 778