RPC VI, 8081 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8081 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡΚ ΑΥ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρκ(ος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ Δ Ε S C, Η
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 33 mm
Average weight 18.69 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference McAlee 837–A
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 474 = McAlee 837.1
2 2     P: AA.GR.15366
3 3     NY: 1947.97.535 McAlee 837.2
4 4     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 619
5 5     McAlee 837A = Glenn W. Woods-Store, July 2004