RPC VI, 8059 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8059 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡΚ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρκ(ος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ Δ Ε S C, Η
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears, looking back; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; to left, Tyche standing facing, head right, holding rudder and cornucopia; above, sometimes crescent; to right, the Emperor standing, left, holding parazonium and crowning the Tyche of the City
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.52 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 477
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.5450 BMC 477