RPC VI, 8086 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8086 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗ Κ 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 star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6, 11
Reference McAlee 828
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 695 McAlee 828a.2
2 2     NY: 1944.100.66038 McAlee 828b
3 3     McAlee 828a.1 = McClean 3, 346, 8
4 4     ✸ McAlee 828a.3 = CNG EA 200, 3 Dec. 2008, lot 281
5 5     Naumann Numismatik Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 769 = Roma Numismatics Ltd 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2396