RPC VI, 8091 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8091 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 3
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑΙ ΜΑ(Ρ) ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ(Ω)(Ν) Δ Ε S C
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of the Tyche of the City, right; above, ram leaping, right, looking back; to left, sometimes crescent or dot
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12
Reference McAlee 845–6
Specimens 28 (19 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GR.2015
2 2     L: GR.2014
3 3     L: 1895,0508.291 BMC 484 = McAlee 845c.1
4 4     L BMC 485
5 5     L BMC 486
6 6     L BMC 487
7 7     L BMC 488
8 8     L: B,1841.3586 BMC 489
9 9     P: 690
10 10     P: AA.GR.15365
11 11     P: AA.GR.25901 McAlee 845.4(?)
12 12     B: L1906
13 13     B: F1873
14 14     B: 1853/12611
15 15     B: R1853
16 16     NY McAlee 845c.3
17 17     O
18 18     O
19 19     O McAlee 845a
20 20     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 349
21 21     ✸ CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 386
22 22     Emporium Hamburg 74, 12 Nov. 2015, lot 303
23 23     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2261
24 24     Lindgren I, 2012
25 25     McAlee 845.5
26 26     McAlee 845b = CNG 49, 1999, 1065
27 27     McAlee 845c.2 = Dura Hoards 190
28 28     McAlee 846