RPC VI, 8126 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8126 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολιτῶν
Translation of the Goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Atargatis seated on lion advancing, left, wearing kalathos, holding tympanum and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.97 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference CRS 60a
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 28791
2 2     G: 2695 Hunterian III, 139, 31 = CRS 60a
3 3     NY: 1961.154.33
4 4     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 632
5 5     CNG EA 527, 16 Nov. 2022, lot 231
6 6     Sol Numismatik XXVII, 13 Apr. 2024, lot 319