RPC VI, 8075 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεο(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤ(ΡΟ) ΚΟΛ(ΩΝ) Δ Ε S C, Η
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως κολωνίας δʹ ἐπαρχιῶν senatus consulto ηʹ Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολων(ίας) 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 33 mm
Average weight 16.61 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference McAlee 840
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5452 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    
11 11     Brisbane: 1759
12 12     Warren Esty, ex Nummitra 66, lot 363