RPC VI, 8571 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8571 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDRO (sic)
Edition Im{r}<p>(eratori) Cae(sari) M(arco) Aur(elio) Sev(ero) Alexandro
Translation to Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription CO AVR PIA METR SID
Edition co(lonia) 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; all within larel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.90 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1607
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 6794
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72509
3 3     Rouvier 1607