RPC VI, 8071 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8071 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ 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 32 mm
Average weight 17.62 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 833, Waage 653
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.884 BMC 479
2 2     B: I-B1900
3 3     Cop: 256 McAlee 833b.1
4 4     NY: 1944.100.66051 McAlee 833b.2
5 5     Leeds-UL: 429
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1843
7 7     McAlee 833a = Waage 653
8 8     McAlee 833b.3
9 9     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 638
10 10     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Demos 27, 5 Jan. 2024, Lot 1617)