RPC VI, 8241 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8241 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Caesarea ad Libanum
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ΒΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription AVR AΛEΞANΔROS KAISAR (sic)
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL CAESARIA LIB[...] ITVR
Reverse design veiled priest ploughing left, with yoke of oxen, holding long sceptre; in the background, standard
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1
Reference Rouvier 740, Lindgren 2289
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Die linked to coins dated 532
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1908/5
2 2     O
3 3     Lindgren I, 2289
4 4     Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 144
5 5     Rouvier 740 = De Saulcy 120, 2 (as radiate)
6 6     Savoca 2nd London Black, 29 Feb. 2020, lot 112