RPC VI, 8566


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8566 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8566 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMR (sic) CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDR (sic)
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA METR SID
Reverse design	three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl on two supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	6 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: L1906	23	9.84	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.72499	25	12.03	12	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
3	3 ✸	NY: 1944.100.72495	25	7.08	12		Show
4	4	O	23	8.39	12		Show
5	5	V: GR 33138	23	8.60		Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
6	6	V: GR 33137	25				Show