RPC VI, 8568 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8568 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) CAE M AVR SEV ALEXAND
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO 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 26 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 888
2 2     B: F1873
3 3     CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 262
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2136