RPC VI, 8075 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8075 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑ(Ι) ΜΑΡ ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ(Ο) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design radiate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤ(ΡΟ) ΚΟΛ(ΩΝ) 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, 11
Reference McAlee 840
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 481
2 2     P: 703 McAlee 840b.4
3 3     B: R1853
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.66048 McAlee 840b.3
5 5     O
6 6     Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 67, 9 Oct. 2001, lot 906
7 7     McAlee 840a.1 = Waage 653
8 8     McAlee 840b.2 = McClean 3, 346, 10
9 9     McAlee 840b.5
10 10