RPC VI, 8201 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8201 (temporary)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Raphanea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ΓΛΦ =533
Dating 221/2 (?)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΕΦΑΝΕΩΤΩΝ, ΓΛΦ(?)
Reverse design Genius standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia; at his feet, bull, left; on either side, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required for reading of date. There seems also to be another letter at the end of the date.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Ronde coll. = BSFN 62.7 (2007), p. 166