RPC VI, 8129 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8129 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩωΝ)
Edition Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολιτῶν
Translation of the Goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Atargatis seated on lion advancing, right, wearing kalathos, holding tympanum and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.64 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference CRS 60a
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 684
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 302
3 3     P: 1735
4 4     L: 1981,0752.3
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     P: 1736
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1205
8 8     VAuctions Pegasi 41, 12 Nov. 2019, lot 315
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 86, 8 July 2021, lot 743 = CNG EA 529, 14 Dec. 2022, lot 486
10 10     Naumann 115, 3 Apr. 2022, lot 627
11 11     Rome: 112527 Calomino MNR 687
12 12     Richard McAlee coll.