RPC VI, 8569


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8569 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8569 (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 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	27 mm
Axis	1, 8, 12
Specimens	6 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1908,0407.21	BMC 319	27	5.99	12		Show
2	2	P: 26761		26	9.40		uncertain identification	Show
3	3 ✸	B: 1865/28713		28	12.08	8		Show
4	4	B: I-B1900		27	11.40	12		Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.72498		25	9.44	12		Show
6	6	O		26	8.59	1		Show