RPC VI, 8073 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8073 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ Α(Υ)(Ρ) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ(Ω) Δ Ε S C, Η
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολω(νίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) c(onsulto) ηʹ
Translation of the Antiochenes, metropolis, colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the senate, 8
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 17.24 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference McAlee 835
Specimens 14 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5448 BMC 475
2 2     ✸ L: G.5451 BMC 478
3 3     P: AA.GR.26606
4 4     P: 708
5 5     P: 1661 McAlee 835a.1
6 6     P: 705 McAlee 835b.1
7 7     P: 707 McAlee 835b.2
8 8     B
9 9     B: F1873
10 10     O
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     McAlee 835a.2
14 14     McAlee 835b.3