RPC VI, 8072 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8072 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and shield decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ(Ο) Δ Ε S Η C
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
Axis 6, 12
Reference McAlee 844
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 483 = McAlee 844.1
2 2     P: 1660
3 3     P: 711
4 4     P: 710 McAlee 844.4(?)
5 5     B: 1874/549
6 6     B: L1906
7 7     NY McAlee 844.3
8 8     cgb.fr MBS 11, 21 Jan. 2002, lot 320
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 238
10 10     McAlee 844.2 = Bellinger, Dura Hoards 8, 9, 189
11 11     McAlee 844.4