RPC VI, 8077 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8077 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ (sic) Δ Ε S C, Η
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρ(οπόλεως) <κ>ολωνίας 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 31 mm
Average weight 15.58 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 840
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.570 BMC 480 = McAlee 840b.1 corr.
2 2     B: F1873
3 3     O
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = Ares Web Auction 7, 21 Feb. 2020, lot 353