RPC VI, 7995


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	7995 (temporary)
Province	Syria Coele
Region	Commagene
City	Zeugma
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Aurelius Alexander Augustus
Obverse design	bare-headed (?) head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription	ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕΩΝ
Edition	Ζευγματέων
Translation	of the Zeugmeans
Reverse design	sanctuary of Zeus Katabaites with temple with four columns and peribolos containing grove of trees; below, capricorn, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	11.06 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Confirmation of obv. legend required

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				CGT coll.	25	11.64	12	holed	Show
2	2				Zeugma excavations = PHI Excavations Zeugma p. 23, no C29	26	10.47		"The coin of Severus Alexander Caesar is previously unrecorded. As the Zeugma issues of this period were almost certainly produced at Antioch and not at Zeugma itself, the obverse die is probably one used at Antioch for this ruler."	Show