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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ(Ω) Δ Ε S H 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 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 BMC 475
2 2     ✸ L 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