RPC VI, 8085 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8085 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(ΑΙ) Μ(ΑΡ) ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ(Ο) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(Ρ)(ΟϹ) ϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗ(Τ)(ΡΟ) ΚΟ(Λ) Δ Ε S C
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; above, ram leaping, left, looking back; to left, sometimes crescent or star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference McAlee 825
Specimens 18 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1659
2 2     P: 694
3 3     P: 700
4 4     P: AA.GR.15359
5 5     P: 691 McAlee 825b.4
6 6     ✸ B: 1908/5 Morel
7 7     NY: 1944.100.66036 McAlee 825b.3
8 8     Bern SNG 2014 = McAlee 825b.2
9 9     CNG EA 305, 26 June 2013, lot 216
10 10     Lindgren I, 2010
11 11     McAlee 825a.1 = Waage 639
12 12     McAlee 825b.1 = Bellinger, Dura 1701
13 13     McAlee 825b.5
14 14     McAlee 825b.6
15 15     McAlee 825c.1 = Falghera 1944
16 16     McAlee 825c.2 = Waage 642
17 17     Roma Numismatics Ltd 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2397
18 18     CGT coll.