RPC VI, 8088 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8088 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ Δ Ε S C (Δ)
Reverse design shrine with two or four columns within which Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears, looking back; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 851
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note Δ sometimes in exergue
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1483 McAlee 851a.1 = NC 148 (1988), pl. 19, 15
2 2     NY McAlee 851b
2 2     R. Becker coll.
3 3     O
4 4     McAlee 851a.2 = Waage 632 (as Elagabalus)
5 5     Richard McAlee Collection