RPC VI, 8083 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8083 (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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρκ(ος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear; to right, star on crescent
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 32 mm
Average weight 16.14 g
Axis 6
Reference McAlee 836–A
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 706 McAlee 836.1
2 2     cgb.fr MBS 28, 8 Feb. 2007, lot 267
3 3     McAlee 836.2
4 4     McAlee 836A