RPC VI, 8092 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8092 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Group 3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ(ΑΡ) Α(Υ) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕ(ΩΝ) ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) 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 star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference McAlee 831
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 472 = McAlee 831a.1
2 2     P: 1484
3 3     P: 693 McAlee 831a.3
4 4     B: 1908/5 Morel
5 5     O
6 6     McAlee 831a.2 = Bellinger, Dura 1700
7 7     ✸ McAlee 831a.4 = CNG EA 246, 15 Dec. 2010, lot 355
8 8     McAlee 831b
9 9     Richard McAlee coll.
10 10     CGT coll.