RPC VI, 8201 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
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.

Specimens of this coin type

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