RPC VI, 8070 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8070 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 1b
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(ΑΙ) Μ (ΑΥ) ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗ(ΤΡΟ) ΚΟΛ Δ Ε S C
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; above, ram leaping, left, looking back; to left or below, star or crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference McAlee 824
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906
2 2     Bern: N/82.2015 SNG 2015 = McAlee 824b.1
3 3     McAlee 824a = Wage 638
4 4     McAlee 824b.2 = Rauch 68, Nov. 2001, 586204
5 5     Richard McAlee Collection = Roma Numismatics E-Sale 60, 1 Aug. 2019, 550