RPC VI, 8567 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8567 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) CAE MAR (sic) SEV ALEXANDR (sic)
Edition Im{r}<p>(erator) Cae(sar) Mar(cus) Sev(erus) Alexand<e>r
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR SID
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metr(opolis) Sid(on)
Translation Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
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 26 mm
Average weight 9.73 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0407.22 BMC 318
2 2     P: 28599.15
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72496
5 5     NY: 1944.100.72497
6 6     V: GR 33136
7 7     V: GR 22225
8 8     V: GR 22224
9 9     CNG EA 245, 1 Dec. 2010, lot 291
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 2095
11 11     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1028
12 12     Stack's Coin Galleries Sept. 2008, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 427