RPC VI, 7925 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος 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)
Edition Ῥησαινησίων legio III Parthica Severiana Ῥησαιν{ν}<η>σίω{η}<ν> leg(io) III P(arthica) S(everiana)
Translation of the Rhesaenians, the 3rd Parthian Severan legion
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)

Specimens of this coin type

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