RPC VI, 8080 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8080 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕ(ΩΝ) ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΟΛ Δ Ε S 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; to right, the Emperor standing, left, holding parazonium and crowning the Tyche of the City
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 4, 7, 12
Reference McAlee 832
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G0933
2 2     P: 23879.40
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     Lindgren I, 2011
5 5     ✸ McAlee 832.1 = McClean 3, 346, 11 = CNG EA 200, 3 Dec. 2008, lot 282
6 6     McAlee 832.3
7 7     McAlee 832.4