RPC VI, 8562 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8562 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) CAE M AVR (or MAR, sic) SEV ALEXANDR
Edition Im{r}<p>(eratori) Cae(sari) M(arco) Aur(elio) Sev(ero) Alexandr(o)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR SIDO
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metr(opolis) Sido(n)
Translation Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus over panther, left, looking back; to left, car of Astarte
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.84 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1613
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1906,0712.74 BMC 320
2 2     P: B1850 Rouvier 1613.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.72503
4 4     NY: 1948.19.2268
5 5     NY: 1971.131.1030
6 6     O
7 7     Rouvier 1613.2 = Mi V, 390, 367
8 8     Rouvier 1613.3